sonets

sonets (nominative singular)
soneti (nominative plural)
soneta (genitive singular)
sonetu (genitive plural)
sonetam (dative singular)
sonetiem (dative plural)
sonetu (accusative singular)
sonetus (accusative plural)
sonetu (instrumental singular)
sonetiem (instrumental plural)
sonetā (locative singular)
sonetos (locative plural)
sonet (singular vocative)
soneti (plural vocative)


andorietis

lv-noun

andorietis m (2nd declension, feminine form: andoriete)

andoriete (feminine)
andorietis (nominative singular)
andorieši (nominative plural)
andorieša (genitive singular)
andoriešu (genitive plural)
andorietim (dative singular)
andoriešiem (dative plural)
andorieti (accusative singular)
andoriešus (accusative plural)
andorieti (instrumental singular)
andoriešiem (instrumental plural)
andorietī (locative singular)
andoriešos (locative plural)
andorieti (singular vocative)
andorieši (plural vocative)

šajā epizodē andorietis Eriks Gonsaless nopelnīja otro dzelteno kartīti

in this episode, the Andorran (soccer player) Eric Gonzalez earned a second yellow card

andoriešu tautas tradīcijas

andoriešu dejas

andoriešu restorāni

(genitive plural) Andorran; pertaining to Andorra and its people


manuskripts

manuskripts (nominative singular)
manuskripti (nominative plural)
manuskripta (genitive singular)
manuskriptu (genitive plural)
manuskriptam (dative singular)
manuskriptiem (dative plural)
manuskriptu (accusative singular)
manuskriptus (accusative plural)
manuskriptu (instrumental singular)
manuskriptiem (instrumental plural)
manuskriptā (locative singular)
manuskriptos (locative plural)
manuskript (singular vocative)
manuskripti (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Medieval Latin manuscriptum (“writing by hand”), from Latin manus (“hand”) and scrīptus, the past participle of scrībō (“to write”), apparently a calque of Germanic origin (cf. earlier Middle High German hantschrift, hantgeschrift, Old English handġewrit (“what is written by hand, deed, contract, manuscript”), Old Norse handrit (“manuscript”)).

cog

viduslaiku manuskripts

literatūras muzeju manuskripti

es simtgadīgo ķieģeļu kaudzē atradu vecu manuskriptu... tas bija arābu burtiem ar melnu un sarkanu tušu aprakstīts pergaments

I found an old manuscript in a pile of hundred-year-old bricks... it was a parchment covered with Arabic letters in black and red ink

(history) manuscript (a handwritten text, usually an old one)


dancis

dancis (nominative singular)
danči (nominative plural)
danča (genitive singular)
danču (genitive plural)
dancim (dative singular)
dančiem (dative plural)
danci (accusative singular)
dančus (accusative plural)
danci (instrumental singular)
dančiem (instrumental plural)
dancī (locative singular)
dančos (locative plural)
danci (singular vocative)
danči (plural vocative)

ej un lūdz uz danci veco Kaču

pēc dāmu polkas bija garāka pauze... pagāja vēl vairāk danču, un Ilze mežsarga nepamanīja

after the ladies' polka there was a longer pause... there were more dances going on, and Ilze did not notice the forester

(dated sense) dance (the act of dancing; the art of dancing; a style of dancing)

garais dancis

dejot krusta danci

es šajā dancī tik un tā nepiedalīšos

I will not participate like that in this (traditional) dance

(ethnography) Latvian traditional, folkloric dances


abstrakts

head

abstrakts (definite abstraktais, comparative abstraktāks, superlative visabstraktākais, adverb abstrakti)

abstraktais (definite)
abstraktāks (comparative)
visabstraktākais (superlative)
abstrakti (adverb)
abstrakts (indefinite masculine nominative singular)
abstrakti (indefinite masculine nominative plural)
abstrakta (feminine indefinite nominative singular)
abstraktas (feminine indefinite nominative plural)
abstrakta (genitive indefinite masculine singular)
abstraktu (genitive indefinite masculine plural)
abstraktas (feminine genitive indefinite singular)
abstraktu (feminine genitive indefinite plural)
abstraktam (dative indefinite masculine singular)
abstraktiem (dative indefinite masculine plural)
abstraktai (dative feminine indefinite singular)
abstraktām (dative feminine indefinite plural)
abstraktu (accusative indefinite masculine singular)
abstraktus (accusative indefinite masculine plural)
abstraktu (accusative feminine indefinite singular)
abstraktas (accusative feminine indefinite plural)
abstraktu (indefinite instrumental masculine singular)
abstraktiem (indefinite instrumental masculine plural)
abstraktu (feminine indefinite instrumental singular)
abstraktām (feminine indefinite instrumental plural)
abstraktā (indefinite locative masculine singular)
abstraktos (indefinite locative masculine plural)
abstraktā (feminine indefinite locative singular)
abstraktās (feminine indefinite locative plural)


Zuzanna

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1608. Ultimately from Hebrew. Cognate to English Susan.


homoseksualitāte

homoseksualitāte (nominative singular)
homoseksualitātes (genitive singular)
homoseksualitātei (dative singular)
homoseksualitāti (accusative singular)
homoseksualitāti (instrumental singular)
homoseksualitātē (locative singular)
homoseksualitāte (singular vocative)

From homo- + seksualitāte, or homoseksuāls + -itāte (with homoseksuāls from homo- + seksuāls (“sexual”), with seksuāls from sekss (“sex”) + -āls). Probably not derived as such in Latvian but borrowed and adapted from other European languages.


korāns

korāns (nominative singular)
korāni (nominative plural)
korāna (genitive singular)
korānu (genitive plural)
korānam (dative singular)
korāniem (dative plural)
korānu (accusative singular)
korānus (accusative plural)
korānu (instrumental singular)
korāniem (instrumental plural)
korānā (locative singular)
korānos (locative plural)
korān (singular vocative)
korāni (plural vocative)


autors

lv-noun

autors m (1st declension, feminine form: autore)

autore (feminine)
autors (nominative singular)
autori (nominative plural)
autora (genitive singular)
autoru (genitive plural)
autoram (dative singular)
autoriem (dative plural)
autoru (accusative singular)
autorus (accusative plural)
autoru (instrumental singular)
autoriem (instrumental plural)
autorā (locative singular)
autoros (locative plural)
autor (singular vocative)
autori (plural vocative)

Ultimately from New Latin autor, from Latin auctor. Compare Lithuanian autorius, Polish autor, German Autor.


seksuālā orientācija

seksuālā orientācija (nominative singular)
seksuālās orientācijas (nominative plural)
seksuālās orientācijas (genitive singular)
seksuālo orientāciju (genitive plural)
seksuālajai orientācijai (dative singular)
seksuālajām orientācijām (dative plural)
seksuālo orientāciju (accusative singular)
seksuālās orientācijas (accusative plural)
seksuālo orientāciju (instrumental singular)
seksuālajām orientācijām (instrumental plural)
seksuālajā orientācijā (locative singular)
seksuālajās orientācijās (locative plural)
seksuālo orientācija (singular vocative)
seksuālā orientācija (singular vocative)
seksuālās orientācijas (plural vocative)


aseksualitāte

aseksualitāte (nominative singular)
aseksualitātes (genitive singular)
aseksualitātei (dative singular)
aseksualitāti (accusative singular)
aseksualitāti (instrumental singular)
aseksualitātē (locative singular)
aseksualitāte (singular vocative)

From a- + seksualitāte, or aseksuāls + -itāte (with aseksuāls from a- + seksuāls (“sexual”) and seksuāls from sekss (“sex”) + -āls). Probably not derived as such in Latvian but borrowed and adapted from other European languages.

aseksualitātes karogs

aseksualitātes kā seksuālās orientācijas pieņemšana un zinātniskās izpētes lauks ir relatīvi jauns

the acceptation of asexuality as a sexual orientation and as a field of scientific research is relatively recent

asexuality (the state or quality of being asexual, of not experiencing sexual attraction)


biseksualitāte

biseksualitāte (nominative singular)
biseksualitātes (genitive singular)
biseksualitātei (dative singular)
biseksualitāti (accusative singular)
biseksualitāti (instrumental singular)
biseksualitātē (locative singular)
biseksualitāte (singular vocative)


heteroseksualitāte

heteroseksualitāte (nominative singular)
heteroseksualitātes (genitive singular)
heteroseksualitātei (dative singular)
heteroseksualitāti (accusative singular)
heteroseksualitāti (instrumental singular)
heteroseksualitātē (locative singular)
heteroseksualitāte (singular vocative)


apostrofs

apostrofs (nominative singular)
apostrofi (nominative plural)
apostrofa (genitive singular)
apostrofu (genitive plural)
apostrofam (dative singular)
apostrofiem (dative plural)
apostrofu (accusative singular)
apostrofus (accusative plural)
apostrofu (instrumental singular)
apostrofiem (instrumental plural)
apostrofā (locative singular)
apostrofos (locative plural)
apostrof (singular vocative)
apostrofi (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin apostrophus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀπόστροφος (apóstrophos, “accent of elision”), a nominal use of an adjective derived from the verb ἀποστρέφω (apostréphō, “I turn away”).

uder

lietot apostrofu

likt apostrofu vārdu beigās

to put an apostrophe at the ends of words

punctuation mark
punctuation mark#English

diacritical mark
diacritical mark#English

(orthography) apostrophe (the ’ character, used in some languages as a punctuation mark and as a diacritical mark in others)


revolveris

revolveris (nominative singular)
revolveri (nominative plural)
revolvera (genitive singular)
revolveru (genitive plural)
revolverim (dative singular)
revolveriem (dative plural)
revolveri (accusative singular)
revolverus (accusative plural)
revolveri (instrumental singular)
revolveriem (instrumental plural)
revolverī (locative singular)
revolveros (locative plural)
revolveri (singular vocative)
revolveri (plural vocative)

[ɾævɔːlvæɾːis]

Policija izmanto revolverus

revolver (a small handgun with a rotating cylindrical magazine)


skolotājs

lv-noun

skolotājs m (1st declension, feminine form: skolotāja)

skolotāja (feminine)
skolotājs (nominative singular)
skolotāji (nominative plural)
skolotāja (genitive singular)
skolotāju (genitive plural)
skolotājam (dative singular)
skolotājiem (dative plural)
skolotāju (accusative singular)
skolotājus (accusative plural)
skolotāju (instrumental singular)
skolotājiem (instrumental plural)
skolotājā (locative singular)
skolotājos (locative plural)
skolotāj (singular vocative)
skolotāji (plural vocative)

From skolot (“to instruct”) + -ājs. This word was first attested in the 19th century, at first co-existing with other expressions like skolmeistars, mācītājs, and even skolnieks, which some authors originally used to mean “schoolteacher.” By the beginning of the 20th century, skolotājs had become the usual term for this meaning.

stingrs, prasīgs skolotājs

vidusskolas skolotājs

mūzikas skolas skolotājs

matemātikas, vēstures skolotājs

skolotāju istaba

(male) teacher (man who teaches schoolchildren at a school)


tornis

tornis (nominative singular)
torņi (nominative plural)
torņa (genitive singular)
torņu (genitive plural)
tornim (dative singular)
torņiem (dative plural)
torni (accusative singular)
torņus (accusative plural)
torni (instrumental singular)
torņiem (instrumental plural)
tornī (locative singular)
torņos (locative plural)
torni (singular vocative)
torņi (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Middle Low German torn or Middle Dutch toorn or an East Frisian word (compare West Frisian toer; also compare German Turm), itself a borrowing, via Old Frisian torn, from Latin turris (accusative turrem). A dialectal German form Turn, borrowed as turnis, would in the Kurzeme dialects yield tornis (with [uo]). This word is first mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries.

iesaistīt torni spēlē

(chess) rook (chess piece shaped like a castle tower)


apelsīnu sula

apelsīnu sula (nominative singular)
apelsīnu sulas (nominative plural)
apelsīnu sulas (genitive singular)
apelsīnu sulu (genitive plural)
apelsīnu sulai (dative singular)
apelsīnu sulām (dative plural)
apelsīnu sulu (accusative singular)
apelsīnu sulas (accusative plural)
apelsīnu sulu (instrumental singular)
apelsīnu sulām (instrumental plural)
apelsīnu sulā (locative singular)
apelsīnu sulās (locative plural)
apelsīnu sula (singular vocative)
apelsīnu sulas (plural vocative)

svaigi spiesta apelsīnu sula

kādu labumu mums dod apelsīnu sula?

orange juice (the juice of orange fruits, consumed as a drink)


samurajs

samurajs (nominative singular)
samuraji (nominative plural)
samuraja (genitive singular)
samuraju (genitive plural)
samurajam (dative singular)
samurajiem (dative plural)
samuraju (accusative singular)
samurajus (accusative plural)
samuraju (instrumental singular)
samurajiem (instrumental plural)
samurajā (locative singular)
samurajos (locative plural)
samuraj (singular vocative)
samuraji (plural vocative)


kols

kols (nominative singular)
koli (nominative plural)
kola (genitive singular)
kolu (genitive plural)
kolam (dative singular)
koliem (dative plural)
kolu (accusative singular)
kolus (accusative plural)
kolu (instrumental singular)
koliem (instrumental plural)
kolā (locative singular)
kolos (locative plural)
kol (singular vocative)
koli (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin cōlon (“a member of a verse of poem”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κῶλον (kôlon, “a member, limb, clause, part of a verse”).

uder

kols ir ne vien gramatiski, bet arī jēdzieniski nosacīta pieturzīme... tas arvien norāda uz sekojošu paskaidrojumu

the colon is a punctuation mark conditioned not only grammatically, but also conceptually... it always points to a following explanation

(orthography) colon (the punctuation mark : which usually indicates a longer pause)


serbs

lv-noun

serbs m (1st declension, feminine form: serbiete)

serbiete (feminine)
serbs (nominative singular)
serbi (nominative plural)
serba (genitive singular)
serbu (genitive plural)
serbam (dative singular)
serbiem (dative plural)
serbu (accusative singular)
serbus (accusative plural)
serbu (instrumental singular)
serbiem (instrumental plural)
serbā (locative singular)
serbos (locative plural)
serb (singular vocative)
serbi (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Србин (Srbin), itself from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to protect, watch over”); akin to Latin servō (“I guard, I protect”), Old English searu (“weapons, armor”), Lithuanian sárgas (“watchman”), Latvian sargs (“watchman”), Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero”), Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haraⁱti), 𐬵𐬀𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (haᵘruuaⁱti, “he guards”).

cog

Bosnijas serbi

Kosovas serbi

satikām divus serbus

a (male) Serbian, a man from Serbia or of Serbian descent

serbu valoda

serbu literatūra

serbu vēsture

(genitive plural) Serbian, pertaining to Serbia and its people


astronoms

lv-noun

astronoms m (1st declension, feminine form: astronome)

astronome (feminine)
astronoms (nominative singular)
astronomi (nominative plural)
astronoma (genitive singular)
astronomu (genitive plural)
astronomam (dative singular)
astronomiem (dative plural)
astronomu (accusative singular)
astronomus (accusative plural)
astronomu (instrumental singular)
astronomiem (instrumental plural)
astronomā (locative singular)
astronomos (locative plural)
astronom (singular vocative)
astronomi (plural vocative)

astronomu galvenais darba instruments ir teleskops

an astronomer's main work instrument is the telescope

vairums profesionālu astronomu strādā observatorijās, kā arī pētniecības centros un universitātēs

the majority of professional astronomers work in observatories, and also in research centers and universities

(male) astronomer (a specialist in astronomy)


zoologs

zoologs m (1st declension, feminine form: zooloģe)

zooloģe (feminine)
zoologs (nominative singular)
zoologi (nominative plural)
zoologa (genitive singular)
zoologu (genitive plural)
zoologam (dative singular)
zoologiem (dative plural)
zoologu (accusative singular)
zoologus (accusative plural)
zoologu (instrumental singular)
zoologiem (instrumental plural)
zoologā (locative singular)
zoologos (locative plural)
zoolog (singular vocative)
zoologi (plural vocative)

latviešu zoologi

(male) zoologist (a specialist in zoology)


biologs

biologs m (1st declension, feminine form: bioloģe)

bioloģe (feminine)
biologs (nominative singular)
biologi (nominative plural)
biologa (genitive singular)
biologu (genitive plural)
biologam (dative singular)
biologiem (dative plural)
biologu (accusative singular)
biologus (accusative plural)
biologu (instrumental singular)
biologiem (instrumental plural)
biologā (locative singular)
biologos (locative plural)
biolog (singular vocative)
biologi (plural vocative)

biologu pētniecības objekts

(male) biologist (a specialist in biology)


antropologs

antropologs m (1st declension, feminine form: antropoloģe)

antropoloģe (feminine)
antropologs (nominative singular)
antropologi (nominative plural)
antropologa (genitive singular)
antropologu (genitive plural)
antropologam (dative singular)
antropologiem (dative plural)
antropologu (accusative singular)
antropologus (accusative plural)
antropologu (instrumental singular)
antropologiem (instrumental plural)
antropologā (locative singular)
antropologos (locative plural)
antropolog (singular vocative)
antropologi (plural vocative)

antropologi bija izmērījuši dažadu tautu pārstāvju galvaskausus, plecus un kājas

anthropologists had measured the skulls, shoulders, and feet of representatives of various (ethnic) peoples

(male) anthropologist (a specialist in anthropology)


ekologs

ekologs m (1st declension, feminine form: ekoloģe)

ekoloģe (feminine)
ekologs (nominative singular)
ekologi (nominative plural)
ekologa (genitive singular)
ekologu (genitive plural)
ekologam (dative singular)
ekologiem (dative plural)
ekologu (accusative singular)
ekologus (accusative plural)
ekologu (instrumental singular)
ekologiem (instrumental plural)
ekologā (locative singular)
ekologos (locative plural)
ekolog (singular vocative)
ekologi (plural vocative)

(male) ecologist (a specialist in ecology)


kosmologs

kosmologs m (1st declension, feminine form: kosmoloģe)

kosmoloģe (feminine)
kosmologs (nominative singular)
kosmologi (nominative plural)
kosmologa (genitive singular)
kosmologu (genitive plural)
kosmologam (dative singular)
kosmologiem (dative plural)
kosmologu (accusative singular)
kosmologus (accusative plural)
kosmologu (instrumental singular)
kosmologiem (instrumental plural)
kosmologā (locative singular)
kosmologos (locative plural)
kosmolog (singular vocative)
kosmologi (plural vocative)

(male) cosmologist (a specialist in cosmology)


ornitologs

ornitologs m (1st declension, feminine form: ornitoloģe)

ornitoloģe (feminine)
ornitologs (nominative singular)
ornitologi (nominative plural)
ornitologa (genitive singular)
ornitologu (genitive plural)
ornitologam (dative singular)
ornitologiem (dative plural)
ornitologu (accusative singular)
ornitologus (accusative plural)
ornitologu (instrumental singular)
ornitologiem (instrumental plural)
ornitologā (locative singular)
ornitologos (locative plural)
ornitolog (singular vocative)
ornitologi (plural vocative)

ornitologi apgalvo, ka Rietumeiropā palikuši tikai seši jūras ērgļu pāri

ornithologists claim that only six pairs of sea eagles remain in Western Europe

(male) ornithologist (a specialist in ornithology)


lingvists

lingvists m (1st declension, feminine form: lingviste)

lingviste (feminine)
lingvists (nominative singular)
lingvisti (nominative plural)
lingvista (genitive singular)
lingvistu (genitive plural)
lingvistam (dative singular)
lingvistiem (dative plural)
lingvistu (accusative singular)
lingvistus (accusative plural)
lingvistu (instrumental singular)
lingvistiem (instrumental plural)
lingvistā (locative singular)
lingvistos (locative plural)
lingvist (singular vocative)
lingvisti (plural vocative)

Sibīrijas aborigēnus pētī arheologi, antropologi, lingvisti, etnogrāfi un ģeogrāfi

archeologists, anthropologists, linguists, ethnographers and geographers study the Siberian aboriginals

(male) linguist (a specialist in linguistics)


punkts

punkts (nominative singular)
punkti (nominative plural)
punkta (genitive singular)
punktu (genitive plural)
punktam (dative singular)
punktiem (dative plural)
punktu (accusative singular)
punktus (accusative plural)
punktu (instrumental singular)
punktiem (instrumental plural)
punktā (locative singular)
punktos (locative plural)
punkt (singular vocative)
punkti (plural vocative)

stop/full stop, period (punctuation mark)


topologs

topologs m (1st declension, feminine form: topoloģe)

topoloģe (feminine)
topologs (nominative singular)
topologi (nominative plural)
topologa (genitive singular)
topologu (genitive plural)
topologam (dative singular)
topologiem (dative plural)
topologu (accusative singular)
topologus (accusative plural)
topologu (instrumental singular)
topologiem (instrumental plural)
topologā (locative singular)
topologos (locative plural)
topolog (singular vocative)
topologi (plural vocative)

(male) topologist (a specialist in topology)


Pēteris

Pēteris (nominative singular)
Pētei (nominative plural)
Pētea (genitive singular)
Pēteu (genitive plural)
Pēterim (dative singular)
Pēteiem (dative plural)
Pēteri (accusative singular)
Pēteus (accusative plural)
Pēteri (instrumental singular)
Pēteiem (instrumental plural)
Pēterī (locative singular)
Pēteos (locative plural)
Pēteri (singular vocative)
Pētei (plural vocative)

First recorded in 13th century. Ultimately from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros), cognate to English Peter.


Jāzeps

First recorded in 17th century. Ultimately from Hebrew, cognate to English Joseph.


Jēkabs

First recorded in 1610. Ultimately from Hebrew, cognate to English Jacob and James.


Andrejs

Andrejs (nominative singular)
Andreji (nominative plural)
Andreja (genitive singular)
Andreju (genitive plural)
Andrejam (dative singular)
Andrejiem (dative plural)
Andreju (accusative singular)
Andrejus (accusative plural)
Andreju (instrumental singular)
Andrejiem (instrumental plural)
Andrejā (locative singular)
Andrejos (locative plural)
Andrej (singular vocative)
Andreji (plural vocative)

First recorded in 1204. Ultimately from Ancient Greek. Cognate to English Andrew.

Андре́й Андрей#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Андре́й (Andréj).


Pāvils

First recorded in 1638. Ultimately from Latin Paulus . Cognate to English Paul.


Toms

First recorded in 1537. Ultimately from Aramaic. Cognate to English Thomas.

A respelling of the English male given name diminutive Tom.


Dāvids

First recorded in 1607. Ultimately from Hebrew. Cognate to English David.


Marks

Marks (nominative singular)
Marki (nominative plural)
Marka (genitive singular)
Marku (genitive plural)
Markam (dative singular)
Markiem (dative plural)
Marku (accusative singular)
Markus (accusative plural)
Marku (instrumental singular)
Markiem (instrumental plural)
Markā (locative singular)
Markos (locative plural)
Mark (singular vocative)
Marki (plural vocative)

First recorded in 1582. From Latin Marcus. Cognate to English Mark.


Matīss

Matīss (nominative singular)
Matīsi (nominative plural)
Matīsa (genitive singular)
Matīsu (genitive plural)
Matīsam (dative singular)
Matīsiem (dative plural)
Matīsu (accusative singular)
Matīsus (accusative plural)
Matīsu (instrumental singular)
Matīsiem (instrumental plural)
Matīsā (locative singular)
Matīsos (locative plural)
Matīs (singular vocative)
Matīsi (plural vocative)

First recorded in 1388. From Latin Matthias, ultimately from Hebrew. Cognate to English Matthias and Matthew.


Matejs

First recorded in 1750. From Latin Mattheus, ultimately from Hebrew.


Miķelis

First recorded in 1601. From Hebrew. Cognate to English Michael.


Stefans

First recorded in 1367. Ultimately from Ancient Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos).

a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Stephen, Steven


Daniels

First recorded in 1316. Ultimately from Hebrew דניּאל (daniyél). Cognate to English Daniel.


háček
marking partial palatalization:
C, [t͡s] → Č, [t͡ʃ]

háček
marking partial palatalization:
S, [s] → Š, [ʃ]

háček
marking partial palatalization:
Z, [z] → Ž, [ʒ]


loks

loks (nominative singular)
loki (nominative plural)
loka (genitive singular)
loku (genitive plural)
lokam (dative singular)
lokiem (dative plural)
loku (accusative singular)
lokus (accusative plural)
loku (instrumental singular)
lokiem (instrumental plural)
lokā (locative singular)
lokos (locative plural)
lok (singular vocative)
loki (plural vocative)

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás, from Proto-Indo-European *lenk- (“to bend”). From the same stem as the Latvian verb liekt (“to bend, to flex”) (q.v.), but with the vowel changed as in the iterative locīt (“to fold”). Cognates include Lithuanian lañkas (“shaft bow, (barrel) hoop, (road) bend, (shooting) bow, circle”).

cog

uzvilkt loku

loka šaušana

loka šāvējs

loks senlatviešiem, šķiet, bijis vairāk medību ierocis un kā patstāvīgs cīņas ierocis mazāk lietots

the bow of the ancient Latvians, it seems, was more used as a hunting weapon and less as a stand-alone fighting weapon

(archery) bolt (hand weapon for throwing arrows)

zirga loks

aiz kalna tikai braucēji līdz pusei un zirga galva ar kaklu un loku vēl bija redzama

from behind the hill, only half of the riders(' bodies) and the horse's head with the neck and the shaft bow was still visible

shaft bow (part of the traditional horse harness used in the Baltic countries, consisting of a wooden bow that arches over the horse's back, keeping the shafts away from the horse's sides)


saprast

head

saprast (transitive, 1st conjugation, present saprotu, saproti, saprot, past sapratu)

conjugation (first-person)
saprotu (present)
saproti (present)
saprot (present)
sapratu (past)
saprotu (first-person indicative present singular)
sapratu (first-person indicative past singular)
sapratīšu (first-person future indicative singular)
saproti (indicative present second-person singular)
saprati (indicative past second-person singular)
sapratīsi (future indicative second-person singular)
saproti (imperative second-person singular)
saprot (indicative present singular third-person)
saprata (indicative past singular third-person)
sapratīs (future indicative singular third-person)
lai saprot (imperative singular third-person)
saprotam (first-person indicative plural present)
sapratām (first-person indicative past plural)
sapratīsim (first-person future indicative plural)
sapratīsim (first-person imperative plural)
saprotat (indicative plural present second-person)
sapratāt (indicative past plural second-person)
sapratīsiet (future indicative plural second-person)
sapratīsit (future indicative plural second-person)
saprotiet (imperative plural second-person)
saprot (indicative plural present third-person)
saprata (indicative past plural third-person)
sapratīs (future indicative plural third-person)
lai saprot (imperative plural third-person)
saprotot (present renarrative)
saprotošs (active adjectival participle participle-1 present)
esot sapratis (past renarrative)
saprazdams (active adverbial participle participle-2 present)
sapratīšot (future renarrative)
saprotot (active adverbial participle participle-3 present)
lai saprotot (imperative)
saprotam (active participle participle-4 present)
sapratis (active participle past)
saprastu (conditional present)
saprotams (participle passive present)
būtu sapratis (conditional past)
saprasts (participle passive past)
jāsaprot (debitive indicative)
būt jāsaprot (debitive indicative)
saprast (infinitive)
esot jāsaprot (conjunctive conjunctive-1 debitive)
nesaprast (infinitive negative)
jāsaprotot (conjunctive conjunctive-2 debitive)
saprašana (noun-from-verb)

From sa- + prast (“to know how, to be able to”). The meaning of this word stabilized during the 19th century; before that, it could often mean the same as prast: “to know how,” “to be able to.”

prefix

saprast mākslas darbus

saprast drauga pārdzīvojumus

saprast sabiedrības attistības virzību

to understand the development path of society

to understand (to perceive something by using concepts, notions, judgments in one's mind)

saprast dažus vārdus angļu valodā

saprast žestu

Eiropa mūs nesapratīs

viņš sveicināja un sacīja kaut ko, bet neviens viņa nesaprata, jo viņš nerunā latviski

he saluted and said something, but nobody understood him, because he doesn't speak Latvian

ar vārdu “zeme” saprotam mēs daudz

by (lit. with) the word “earth” we understand (= mean) a lot

to understand (to know, to grasp the meaning of something, what someone means)


Elizabete

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1252. Ultimately from Hebrew. Cognate with English Elizabeth.


Lidija

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1881. From Ancient Greek Λυδία (Ludía). Cognate with English Lydia.


Estere

Estere (nominative singular)
Esteres (nominative plural)
Esteres (genitive singular)
Esteu (genitive plural)
Esterei (dative singular)
Esterēm (dative plural)
Esteri (accusative singular)
Esteres (accusative plural)
Esteri (instrumental singular)
Esterēm (instrumental plural)
Esterē (locative singular)
Esterēs (locative plural)
Estere (singular vocative)
Esteres (plural vocative)

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the 15th century. Cognate to English Esther.


teologs

lv-noun

teologs m (1st declension, feminine form: teoloģe)

teoloģe (feminine)
teologs (nominative singular)
teologi (nominative plural)
teologa (genitive singular)
teologu (genitive plural)
teologam (dative singular)
teologiem (dative plural)
teologu (accusative singular)
teologus (accusative plural)
teologu (instrumental singular)
teologiem (instrumental plural)
teologā (locative singular)
teologos (locative plural)
teolog (singular vocative)
teologi (plural vocative)

(male) theologian (a specialist in theology)


prast

head

prast (transitive or intransitive, 1st conjugation, present protu, proti, prot, past pratu)

conjugation (first-person)
protu (present)
proti (present)
prot (present)
pratu (past)
protu (first-person indicative present singular)
pratu (first-person indicative past singular)
pratīšu (first-person future indicative singular)
proti (indicative present second-person singular)
prati (indicative past second-person singular)
pratīsi (future indicative second-person singular)
proti (imperative second-person singular)
prot (indicative present singular third-person)
prata (indicative past singular third-person)
pratīs (future indicative singular third-person)
lai prot (imperative singular third-person)
protam (first-person indicative plural present)
pratām (first-person indicative past plural)
pratīsim (first-person future indicative plural)
pratīsim (first-person imperative plural)
protat (indicative plural present second-person)
pratāt (indicative past plural second-person)
pratīsiet (future indicative plural second-person)
pratīsit (future indicative plural second-person)
protiet (imperative plural second-person)
prot (indicative plural present third-person)
prata (indicative past plural third-person)
pratīs (future indicative plural third-person)
lai prot (imperative plural third-person)
protot (present renarrative)
protošs (active adjectival participle participle-1 present)
esot pratis (past renarrative)
prazdams (active adverbial participle participle-2 present)
pratīšot (future renarrative)
protot (active adverbial participle participle-3 present)
lai protot (imperative)
protam (active participle participle-4 present)
pratis (active participle past)
prastu (conditional present)
protams (participle passive present)
būtu pratis (conditional past)
prasts (participle passive past)
jāprot (debitive indicative)
būt jāprot (debitive indicative)
prast (infinitive)
esot jāprot (conjunctive conjunctive-1 debitive)
neprast (infinitive negative)
jāprotot (conjunctive conjunctive-2 debitive)
prašana (noun-from-verb)

From an earlier *prasti, from *prat-ti, from Proto-Baltic *prat-, from Proto-Indo-European *pret-, *prot- (“to understand”); the first-person form is derived from a variant with an extra n, *prantuo, from *prantu, from protu. Up until the 17th century, prast basically meant “to understand,” “to perceive,” i.e, it was synonymous with saprast; the present-day meaning occurred alongside the older meaning and became dominant only by the end of the 19th century. Cognates include Lithuanian pràsti (“to get used to, to understand, to perceive”), Old Prussian issprestun (“to understand”) (compare Latvian izprast), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (fraþjan, “to think, to recognize, to understand”), 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌸𐌹 (fraþi, “mind, intelligence”), Latin interpres (“intermediary, mediator, interpreter”), Tocharian A pratim, etc.

cog

Puškins prata vairākas valodas

viņš labi prata angļu valodu un bez kādām grūtībām varēja lasīt katru grāmatu vai laikrakstu

he knew English well and could read all books and magazines without any difficulty

to know, to speak, to be fluent in (a language)


dziedāt

head

dziedāt (transitive or intransitive, 3rd conjugation, irregular, present dziedu, dziedi, dzied, past dziedāju)

conjugation (third-person)
dziedu (present)
dziedi (present)
dzied (present)
dziedāju (past)
dziedu (first-person indicative present singular)
dziedāju (first-person indicative past singular)
dziedāšu (first-person future indicative singular)
dziedi (indicative present second-person singular)
dziedāji (indicative past second-person singular)
dziedāsi (future indicative second-person singular)
dziedi (imperative second-person singular)
dzied (indicative present singular third-person)
dziedāja (indicative past singular third-person)
dziedās (future indicative singular third-person)
lai dzied (imperative singular third-person)
dziedam (first-person indicative plural present)
dziedājām (first-person indicative past plural)
dziedāsim (first-person future indicative plural)
dziedāsim (first-person imperative plural)
dziedat (indicative plural present second-person)
dziedājāt (indicative past plural second-person)
dziedāsiet (future indicative plural second-person)
dziedāsit (future indicative plural second-person)
dziediet (imperative plural second-person)
dzied (indicative plural present third-person)
dziedāja (indicative past plural third-person)
dziedās (future indicative plural third-person)
lai dzied (imperative plural third-person)
dziedot (present renarrative)
dziedošs (active adjectival participle participle-1 present)
esot dziedājis (past renarrative)
dziedādams (active adverbial participle participle-2 present)
dziedāšot (future renarrative)
dziedot (active adverbial participle participle-3 present)
lai dziedot (imperative)
dziedam (active participle participle-4 present)
dziedājis (active participle past)
dziedātu (conditional present)
dziedams (participle passive present)
būtu dziedājis (conditional past)
dziedāts (participle passive past)
jādzied (debitive indicative)
būt jādzied (debitive indicative)
dziedāt (infinitive)
esot jādzied (conjunctive conjunctive-1 debitive)
nedziedāt (infinitive negative)
jādziedot (conjunctive conjunctive-2 debitive)
dziedāšana (noun-from-verb)

From Proto-Baltic *geyd-, from Proto-Indo-European *gēy-, *goy-, *gī- (“to sing, to call, to shout”) with an extra -d. Originally, dziedāt was an iterative-intensive form of an earlier verb, either *gīst (< *gī-d-ti; cf, Lithuanian pra-gýsti), or *giet (< *gie- < *gēy-, from which also dziesma (“song”)).
Cognates include Lithuanian giedóti (“to sing”), pragýsti (“to begin to sing”), gáida, gaidà (“melody; singer”), Proto-Slavic *gajati (Old East Slavic гаяти (gajati, “to croak, to caw”), Russian dialectal га́ять (gájatʹ, “to yawn; to speak, to shout, to make noise; to swear, to yell at someone; to drive animals by shouting”)), Sanskrit गायति (gāyati), गाति (gā́jati, gā́ti, “to sing”), गीत (gī́ta, “having sung”), Tocharian A kāk (“he called”), Tocharian B kāka (“he called”).

cog

dziedāt operas teātrī

dziedāt pašdarbības kolektīvā

dziedāt koncertā, korī, izrādē

dziedāt titullomu operas izrādē

to sing the title role in an opera performance

to sing (to practice a vocal art; to participate in a singing group, to play a singing role in a musical performance)


maratons

maratons (nominative singular)
maratoni (nominative plural)
maratona (genitive singular)
maratonu (genitive plural)
maratonam (dative singular)
maratoniem (dative plural)
maratonu (accusative singular)
maratonus (accusative plural)
maratonu (instrumental singular)
maratoniem (instrumental plural)
maratonā (locative singular)
maratonos (locative plural)
maraton (singular vocative)
maratoni (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from French marathon, after Ancient Greek Μαραθών (Marathṓn), a town northeast of Athens.


konsuls

konsuls (nominative singular)
konsuli (nominative plural)
konsula (genitive singular)
konsulu (genitive plural)
konsulam (dative singular)
konsuliem (dative plural)
konsulu (accusative singular)
konsulus (accusative plural)
konsulu (instrumental singular)
konsuliem (instrumental plural)
konsulā (locative singular)
konsulos (locative plural)
konsul (singular vocative)
konsuli (plural vocative)

consul (official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of their country)

heads of government
head of government#English

Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire#English

(historical) consul (either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires)

heads of government
heads of government#English

(historical) consul (any of the three heads of government and state of France between 1799 and 1804)


paleontologs

lv-noun

paleontologs m (1st declension, feminine form: paleontoloģe)

paleontoloģe (feminine)
paleontologs (nominative singular)
paleontologi (nominative plural)
paleontologa (genitive singular)
paleontologu (genitive plural)
paleontologam (dative singular)
paleontologiem (dative plural)
paleontologu (accusative singular)
paleontologus (accusative plural)
paleontologu (instrumental singular)
paleontologiem (instrumental plural)
paleontologā (locative singular)
paleontologos (locative plural)
paleontolog (singular vocative)
paleontologi (plural vocative)

(male) paleontologist (a specialist in paleontology)


Tamāra

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. Ultimately from Hebrew תמר (tāmār, “date palm”). Cognate with English Tamara.

Тама́ра Тамара#Russian

A transliteration of the Russian female given name Тама́ра (Tamára).


Judīte

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1650. From Hebrew. Cognate with English Judith.


Sīmanis

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1562. Ultimately from Hebrew. Cognate with English Simon.


paija

paija (nominative singular)
paijas (nominative plural)
paijas (genitive singular)
paiju (genitive plural)
paijai (dative singular)
paijām (dative plural)
paiju (accusative singular)
paijas (accusative plural)
paiju (instrumental singular)
paijām (instrumental plural)
paijā (locative singular)
paijās (locative plural)
paija (singular vocative)
paijas (plural vocative)

bērni ar paijām

saimnieks tur suni kā paiju

the owner holds (= treats) his dog like a toy


zināt

head

zināt (transitive, 3rd conjugation, present zinu, zini, zina, past zināju)

conjugation (third-person)
zinu (present)
zini (present)
zina (present)
zināju (past)
zinu (first-person indicative present singular)
zināju (first-person indicative past singular)
zināšu (first-person future indicative singular)
zini (indicative present second-person singular)
zināji (indicative past second-person singular)
zināsi (future indicative second-person singular)
zini (imperative second-person singular)
zina (indicative present singular third-person)
zināja (indicative past singular third-person)
zinās (future indicative singular third-person)
lai zina (imperative singular third-person)
zinām (first-person indicative plural present)
zinājām (first-person indicative past plural)
zināsim (first-person future indicative plural)
zināsim (first-person imperative plural)
zināt (indicative plural present second-person)
zinājāt (indicative past plural second-person)
zināsiet (future indicative plural second-person)
zināsit (future indicative plural second-person)
ziniet (imperative plural second-person)
zina (indicative plural present third-person)
zināja (indicative past plural third-person)
zinās (future indicative plural third-person)
lai zina (imperative plural third-person)
zinot (present renarrative)
zinošs (active adjectival participle participle-1 present)
esot zinājis (past renarrative)
zinādams (active adverbial participle participle-2 present)
zināšot (future renarrative)
zinot (active adverbial participle participle-3 present)
lai zinot (imperative)
zinām (active participle participle-4 present)
zinājis (active participle past)
zinātu (conditional present)
zināms (participle passive present)
būtu zinājis (conditional past)
zināts (participle passive past)
jāzina (debitive indicative)
būt jāzina (debitive indicative)
zināt (infinitive)
esot jāzina (conjunctive conjunctive-1 debitive)
nezināt (infinitive negative)
jāzinot (conjunctive conjunctive-2 debitive)
zināšana (noun-from-verb)

Originally the iterative-durative form of zīt (“to know”), currently dialectal or archaic, but with prefixed forms pazīt (“to be acquainted with”), atzīt (“to recognize, to acknowledge”) still in use, from Proto-Baltic *žin-tey/ti, from the zero grade *ǵn̥-tey of Proto-Indo-European root *ǵen-, *ǵnō-, *ǵneh₃- (“to be familiar with, to recognize; to know”). This stem may ultimately be the same as *ǵen-, *ǵenh₁- (“to create, to generate”). Cognates include Lithuanian žinóti, Old Prussian -sinnat [zināt] (ersinnat (“to be acquainted”), posinnat (“to admit, to recognize”)), Old Church Slavonic знати (znati), Russian знать (znatʹ), Belarusian знаць (znacʹ), Ukrainian зна́ти (znáty), Bulgarian зна́я (znája), Czech znát, Polish znać, Gothic 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (kunnan), Old Norse kunna, German können, English can, Sanskrit जानाति (jānā́ti, “to know”), Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “to be familiar with, to recognize”), Latin nōscere (< *gnōskere).

cog

zināt savus trūkumus

zināt, kā rīkoties

dari, kā zini!

zināt padomu grūtās situācijās

to know (some) advice in (= for) a difficult situation

viņš gluži labi zināja, kā viņš nesapņoja

he knew quite well that he wasn't dreaming

milzis vairs nezināja, kur likt savas lielās rokas

the giant no longer knew where to put his big hands

to know, to understand, to have (something) clear in one's mind


pediņš

pediņš (nominative singular)
pediņi (nominative plural)
pediņa (genitive singular)
pediņu (genitive plural)
pediņam (dative singular)
pediņiem (dative plural)
pediņu (accusative singular)
pediņus (accusative plural)
pediņu (instrumental singular)
pediņiem (instrumental plural)
pediņā (locative singular)
pediņos (locative plural)
pediņ (singular vocative)
pediņi (plural vocative)

sūkā manu pipeli, pediņ


homiķis

homiķis (nominative singular)
homiķi (nominative plural)
homiķa (genitive singular)
homiķu (genitive plural)
homiķim (dative singular)
homiķiem (dative plural)
homiķi (accusative singular)
homiķus (accusative plural)
homiķi (instrumental singular)
homiķiem (instrumental plural)
homiķī (locative singular)
homiķos (locative plural)
homiķi (singular vocative)
homiķi (plural vocative)

From homo-, used to mean homosexuality. The ending -(i)ķis may be some kind of diminutive (compare Russian гомик (gomik)).


homoseksuālisms

homoseksuālisms (nominative singular)
homoseksuālisma (genitive singular)
homoseksuālismam (dative singular)
homoseksuālismu (accusative singular)
homoseksuālismu (instrumental singular)
homoseksuālismā (locative singular)
homoseksuālism (singular vocative)

From homoseksuāls + -isms (with homoseksuāls from homo- + seksuāls, with seksuāls from sekss (“sex”) + -āls). Probably not derived as such in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from other European languages.


gards

head

gards (definite gardais, comparative gardāks, superlative visgardākais, adverb gardi)

gardais (definite)
gardāks (comparative)
visgardākais (superlative)
gardi (adverb)
gards (indefinite masculine nominative singular)
gardi (indefinite masculine nominative plural)
garda (feminine indefinite nominative singular)
gardas (feminine indefinite nominative plural)
garda (genitive indefinite masculine singular)
gardu (genitive indefinite masculine plural)
gardas (feminine genitive indefinite singular)
gardu (feminine genitive indefinite plural)
gardam (dative indefinite masculine singular)
gardiem (dative indefinite masculine plural)
gardai (dative feminine indefinite singular)
gardām (dative feminine indefinite plural)
gardu (accusative indefinite masculine singular)
gardus (accusative indefinite masculine plural)
gardu (accusative feminine indefinite singular)
gardas (accusative feminine indefinite plural)
gardu (indefinite instrumental masculine singular)
gardiem (indefinite instrumental masculine plural)
gardu (feminine indefinite instrumental singular)
gardām (feminine indefinite instrumental plural)
gardā (indefinite locative masculine singular)
gardos (indefinite locative masculine plural)
gardā (feminine indefinite locative singular)
gardās (feminine indefinite locative plural)

From an old verb *gart (“to heat, to grow hot”), from the same stem as garša (“taste”) and gars (“spirit; vapor, steam”) (q.v.), all from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-, with an extra suffix -d.
The original meaning was presumably “heated” (e.g., cooked on a fire) > “prepared, ready” > “tasty.”

gards ēdiens

gardas ogas

gards siers

gardas pusdienas

tasty, delicious (having pleasant taste)


krusts

krusts (nominative singular)
krusti (nominative plural)
krusta (genitive singular)
krustu (genitive plural)
krustam (dative singular)
krustiem (dative plural)
krustu (accusative singular)
krustus (accusative plural)
krustu (instrumental singular)
krustiem (instrumental plural)
krustā (locative singular)
krustos (locative plural)
krust (singular vocative)
krusti (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old East Slavic крьстъ (krĭstŭ) (compare Russian крест (krest)) (from Old High German Christ (“Christ”)), which regularly yielded Latvian dialectal krists. The u of the standard Latvian form krusts, however, is not obviously explainable. There are several theories: contamination of Latin crux (“cross”) and Christus (words that Latvians would often hear in Latin in church), influence of Old East Slavic *кръстъ (*krŭstŭ), an earlier borrowing from Old Norse kross (with an open o which old Baltic dialects would have borrowed as u); or perhaps no borrowing (krusts might come from an old Proto-Indo-European word cognate with Latin crux).

krusta astotnieks

(card games) clubs (one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣)


bēdīgs

bēdīgs (definite bēdīgais, comparative bēdīgāks, superlative visbēdīgākais, adverb bēdīgi)

bēdīgais (definite)
bēdīgāks (comparative)
visbēdīgākais (superlative)
bēdīgi (adverb)
bēdīgs (indefinite masculine nominative singular)
bēdīgi (indefinite masculine nominative plural)
bēdīga (feminine indefinite nominative singular)
bēdīgas (feminine indefinite nominative plural)
bēdīga (genitive indefinite masculine singular)
bēdīgu (genitive indefinite masculine plural)
bēdīgas (feminine genitive indefinite singular)
bēdīgu (feminine genitive indefinite plural)
bēdīgam (dative indefinite masculine singular)
bēdīgiem (dative indefinite masculine plural)
bēdīgai (dative feminine indefinite singular)
bēdīgām (dative feminine indefinite plural)
bēdīgu (accusative indefinite masculine singular)
bēdīgus (accusative indefinite masculine plural)
bēdīgu (accusative feminine indefinite singular)
bēdīgas (accusative feminine indefinite plural)
bēdīgu (indefinite instrumental masculine singular)
bēdīgiem (indefinite instrumental masculine plural)
bēdīgu (feminine indefinite instrumental singular)
bēdīgām (feminine indefinite instrumental plural)
bēdīgā (indefinite locative masculine singular)
bēdīgos (indefinite locative masculine plural)
bēdīgā (feminine indefinite locative singular)
bēdīgās (feminine indefinite locative plural)

bēdīgs stāvoklis, liktenis

bēdīga patiecība

bēdīgas izredzes

bēdīgas vēstis

bēdīga pēcpusdiena

sad (associated with something bad (e.g., unhappiness, misfortune, loss); which causes sorrow; bad, unhappy, unpleasant)


faraons

faraons (nominative singular)
faraoni (nominative plural)
faraona (genitive singular)
faraonu (genitive plural)
faraonam (dative singular)
faraoniem (dative plural)
faraonu (accusative singular)
faraonus (accusative plural)
faraonu (instrumental singular)
faraoniem (instrumental plural)
faraonā (locative singular)
faraonos (locative plural)
faraon (singular vocative)
faraoni (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ), from Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (par‘ōh), from Egyptian pr-ꜥꜣ (“palace, pharaoh”, literally “pr (“house”) + ꜥꜣ (“great, big”)”).

der

pharaoh (a supreme ruler in Ancient Egypt)


dejot

head

dejot (transitive or intransitive, 2nd conjugation, present dejoju, dejo, dejo, past dejoju)

conjugation (second-person)
dejoju (present)
dejo (present)
dejoju (past)
dejoju (first-person indicative present singular)
dejoju (first-person indicative past singular)
dejošu (first-person future indicative singular)
dejo (indicative present second-person singular)
dejoji (indicative past second-person singular)
dejosi (future indicative second-person singular)
dejo (imperative second-person singular)
dejo (indicative present singular third-person)
dejoja (indicative past singular third-person)
dejos (future indicative singular third-person)
lai dejo (imperative singular third-person)
dejojam (first-person indicative plural present)
dejojām (first-person indicative past plural)
dejosim (first-person future indicative plural)
dejosim (first-person imperative plural)
dejojat (indicative plural present second-person)
dejojāt (indicative past plural second-person)
dejosiet (future indicative plural second-person)
dejosit (future indicative plural second-person)
dejojiet (imperative plural second-person)
dejo (indicative plural present third-person)
dejoja (indicative past plural third-person)
dejos (future indicative plural third-person)
lai dejo (imperative plural third-person)
dejojot (present renarrative)
dejojošs (active adjectival participle participle-1 present)
esot dejojis (past renarrative)
dejodams (active adverbial participle participle-2 present)
dejošot (future renarrative)
dejojot (active adverbial participle participle-3 present)
lai dejojot (imperative)
dejojam (active participle participle-4 present)
dejojis (active participle past)
dejotu (conditional present)
dejojams (participle passive present)
būtu dejojis (conditional past)
dejots (participle passive past)
jādejo (debitive indicative)
būt jādejo (debitive indicative)
dejot (infinitive)
esot jādejo (conjunctive conjunctive-1 debitive)
nedejot (infinitive negative)
jādejojot (conjunctive conjunctive-2 debitive)
dejošana (noun-from-verb)

Originally the iterative counterpart of diet (“to dance”), present stem dej- (q.v.).

viņa dejos Odetu un Odīliju P. Čaikovska baletā “Gulbju ezers”

she will play (lit. dance) Odeta and Odīlija in P. Čaikovskis' ballet “Swan Lake”


stulms

stulms (nominative singular)
stulmi (nominative plural)
stulma (genitive singular)
stulmu (genitive plural)
stulmam (dative singular)
stulmiem (dative plural)
stulmu (accusative singular)
stulmus (accusative plural)
stulmu (instrumental singular)
stulmiem (instrumental plural)
stulmā (locative singular)
stulmos (locative plural)
stulm (singular vocative)
stulmi (plural vocative)

From Proto-Baltic *stulm-, from Proto-Indo-European *stl̥m, from the zero grade form of *stel- (“to put in standing position; to stand; standing, immobile, stiff”) with an extra element -m. Cognates include Swedish stolm (“stubble”).

stulmu zābaki

sabāzt bikšu galus stulmos

stuff the ends of one's pants into one's boot legs

top of a boot, the part that covers the shin up to the knees; boot leg


filozofe

lv-noun

filozofe f (5th declension, masculine form: filozofs)

filozofs (masculine)
filozofe (nominative singular)
filozofes (nominative plural)
filozofes (genitive singular)
filozofu (genitive plural)
filozofei (dative singular)
filozofēm (dative plural)
filozofi (accusative singular)
filozofes (accusative plural)
filozofi (instrumental singular)
filozofēm (instrumental plural)
filozofē (locative singular)
filozofēs (locative plural)
filozofe (singular vocative)
filozofes (plural vocative)

From filozofs (“philosopher”) + -e (“fem.”).

(female) philosopher (a specialist in philosophy; a person who enjoys thinking about fundamental questions))


bumba

bumba (nominative singular)
bumbas (nominative plural)
bumbas (genitive singular)
bumbu (genitive plural)
bumbai (dative singular)
bumbām (dative plural)
bumbu (accusative singular)
bumbas (accusative plural)
bumbu (instrumental singular)
bumbām (instrumental plural)
bumbā (locative singular)
bumbās (locative plural)
bumba (singular vocative)
bumbas (plural vocative)

gumijas, ādas bumba

futbola, basketbola, volejbola bumba

tenisa bumba

piesūknēt bumbu

rotaļāties ar bumbu

mest bumbu

bumba atlec no zemes

apaļs kā bumba

(sports) ball (globe of flexible material, for playing, for sports, for gymnastics)

fugasa bumba

šķembu bumba

bumba ar laika degli

ķīmiskā bumba

ūdeņraža bumba

mest bumbas

kā bumbas sprādziens

like a bomb exploding (= sudden, unexpected)

(weaponry) bomb (metal shell filled with explosives)


meita

meita (nominative singular)
meitas (nominative plural)
meitas (genitive singular)
meitu (genitive plural)
meitai (dative singular)
meitām (dative plural)
meitu (accusative singular)
meitas (accusative plural)
meitu (instrumental singular)
meitām (instrumental plural)
meitā (locative singular)
meitās (locative plural)
meit (singular vocative)
meitas (plural vocative)

Traditionally, this word is considered borrowed from Middle Low German meid (“female servant”) (or from Middle High German meyt, meyde, or Middle Dutch meit), which replaced an older Proto-Indo-European word, probably *dukte, cognate with Lithuanian duktė̃, Old Prussian duckti, Russian дочь (doč’), German Tochter, English daughter (< Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr). It has, however, been pointed out that (a) the meaning “daughter” is older (“servant” is attested only from the 19th century), which is the opposite of what should happen if it were a borrowing from Germanic; (b) the broken intonation is not usual in borrowings from Germanic; and (c) the presumed original word *dukte has left no trace in place names, dialectal forms, etc. On account of that, some researchers believe that meita is not a borrowing, but actually the original word for “daughter” in Latvian, i.e. Latvian did not derive “daughter” from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (like Latin, which has fīlia). A possible source would be Proto-Indo-European *mēy- (“soft, tender, dear”), with an extra t; meita would have originally been the feminine form of the resulting adjective *meits (“tender, dear, loved”). Another possibility would be the same stem as mīt (“to change”): the original meaning would have been “changing (status, via marriage)” > “young woman about to get married” > “unmarried young woman; daughter.”

der

māte un meita

vecākā, jaunākā meita

vienīgā meita

māsas meita

mātei bija divi dēli un trīs meitas

the mother had two sons and three daughters

onkulim ir meita, agronome Kurzemē

uncle has a daughter, an agronomist in Courland

daughter (a female child, with respect to her parents)

muižas meita

vasaras meita

istabas meita

saimniece pie tā paša brauciena gribēja apraudzīties un apklausīties pēc jaunas meitas

the lady wanted, in the same trip, to come see and hear the new servants


ārsts

lv-noun

ārsts m (1st declension, feminine form: ārste)

ārste (feminine)
ārsts (nominative singular)
ārsti (nominative plural)
ārsta (genitive singular)
ārstu (genitive plural)
ārstam (dative singular)
ārstiem (dative plural)
ārstu (accusative singular)
ārstus (accusative plural)
ārstu (instrumental singular)
ārstiem (instrumental plural)
ārstā (locative singular)
ārstos (locative plural)
ārst (singular vocative)
ārsti (plural vocative)

First mentioned in 16th-century translations, borrowed from Middle High German arste or Middle Dutch aerste, both derived from Vulgar Latin archiāter, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιατρός (arkhiatrós, “chief physician”).

uder

griezties pie ārsta

ārsts terapeits

bērnu ārsts

slimnīcas galvenais ārsts

ārsta palīdzība

ārsta konsultācija

(male) doctor, physician (a specialist with a medical education who treats patients)


tēvs

tēvs (nominative singular)
tēvi (nominative plural)
tēva (genitive singular)
tēvu (genitive plural)
tēvam (dative singular)
tēviem (dative plural)
tēvu (accusative singular)
tēvus (accusative plural)
tēvu (instrumental singular)
tēviem (instrumental plural)
tēvā (locative singular)
tēvos (locative plural)
tēvs (singular vocative)
tēvi (plural vocative)

From Proto-Baltic *tewas ("father"), from Proto-Indo-European *te- (“father”), a stem found in reduplicated form in tētis (“father”) (q.v.). The epenthetic v arose to break the e-a sequence. Cognates include Lithuanian tėvas, Old Prussian tāws, towis (“father”), thewis (“father's brother”).

Mūsu Tēvs, Tēvs Mūsu

debesu tēvs

Dievs Tēvs! Dievs Kungs!

oh God! oh Lord! (expressions of surprise or fear)

(Christianity) God the Father (God seen as the creator of the universe)


dēls

dēls (nominative singular)
dēli (nominative plural)
dēla (genitive singular)
dēlu (genitive plural)
dēlam (dative singular)
dēliem (dative plural)
dēlu (accusative singular)
dēlus (accusative plural)
dēlu (instrumental singular)
dēliem (instrumental plural)
dēlā (locative singular)
dēlos (locative plural)
dēls (singular vocative)
dēli (plural vocative)

From Proto-Baltic *dē-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰē-, *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suckle, to nurse”) (whence also Latvian dēle (“leech”), q.v.); the original meaning was thus “one to nurse,” “suckling one,” “baby” (cf. Latin fellāre (“to nurse”), filius (“son”) < *fēlios < *dʰeh₁(y)-li-os). Cognates include Proto-Slavic *dětę (Russian дети (deti, “children”)), Albanian djalë (“boy, son”). The term dēls replaced an earlier *sūn(u)s, the original Indo-European word for “son” (cf. Lithuanian sūnùs, English son, Russian сын (syn)). This is usually explained as the result of taboo: the ‘real’ word for “son” was avoided so as not to attract the attention of evil spirits. Note that the languages that lack a reflex of this original word (Latin, Celtic, Latvian, Albanian) also lack the corresponding word for “daughter” (cf. Lithuanian duktė̃, Russian дочь (dočʹ), German Tochter); this suggests that there may have been dialectal differences in Proto-Indo-European concerning words for children.

Latvijas zemes dēls

a son of the land of Latvia (= a Latvian)

dažādu tautu dēli un meitas

the sons and daughters of various nations

(poetic) son (a member of a people, group, etc.)


skolotāja

lv-noun

skolotāja f (4th declension, masculine form: skolotājs)

skolotājs (masculine)
skolotāja (nominative singular)
skolotājas (nominative plural)
skolotājas (genitive singular)
skolotāju (genitive plural)
skolotājai (dative singular)
skolotājām (dative plural)
skolotāju (accusative singular)
skolotājas (accusative plural)
skolotāju (instrumental singular)
skolotājām (instrumental plural)
skolotājā (locative singular)
skolotājās (locative plural)
skolotāja (singular vocative)
skolotājas (plural vocative)

From skolot (“to instruct”) + -āja, or skolotājs (“teacher”) + -a (“fem.”).

bērnudārza skolotāja

bioloģijas skolotāja

kāpēc tava skolotāja ir pati labākā?

why is your (female) teacher the best of all?

(female) teacher (woman who teaches schoolchildren at a school)


uzbeks

uzbeks m (1st declension, feminine form: uzbekiete)

uzbekiete (feminine)
uzbeks (nominative singular)
uzbeki (nominative plural)
uzbeka (genitive singular)
uzbeku (genitive plural)
uzbekam (dative singular)
uzbekiem (dative plural)
uzbeku (accusative singular)
uzbekus (accusative plural)
uzbeku (instrumental singular)
uzbekiem (instrumental plural)
uzbekā (locative singular)
uzbekos (locative plural)
uzbek (singular vocative)
uzbeki (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Uzbek oʻzbek, of uncertain origin; possibly from Turkic, compare Turkish uz (“self”), Sogdian [Term?] (/bek/, “master”).

vecais uzbeks

uzbeks iesūdz tiesā Zviedrijas tirdzniecības centru

an Uzbek (man) sues a Swedish shopping center

uzbeki mīl svinēt svētkus un prot to darīt no sirds

the Uzbeks love to celebrate holidays and know how to do it from the heart (= with enthusiasm)

a (male) Uzbek, a man from Uzbekistan or of Uzbek descent

uzbeku valoda

uzbeku literatūra

uzbeku virtuve

Latvijas uzbeku kultūras biedrība

(genitive plural) Uzbek, pertaining to Uzbekistan and its people


bērns

bērns (nominative singular)
bērni (nominative plural)
bērna (genitive singular)
bērnu (genitive plural)
bērnam (dative singular)
bērniem (dative plural)
bērnu (accusative singular)
bērnus (accusative plural)
bērnu (instrumental singular)
bērniem (instrumental plural)
bērnā (locative singular)
bērnos (locative plural)
bērns (singular vocative)
bērni (plural vocative)

From an earlier *berns, with lengthening ([èɾ] > [æ̀ːɾ]), from Proto-Baltic *bernas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- with an extra -no-s. The meaning evolved from “carry, bear” > “carried thing, burden” > “baby (being carried by pregnant woman)” > “child.”
Cognates include Lithuanian bérnas (“young, unmarried man; child; boy; servant”), Sudovian barnaj (“children”) (< *bernai), Proto-Germanic *barną (“child”) (Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐍂𐌽 (barn), Swedish barn, English bairn (“child”)). In the sense of “burden,” also Proto-Slavic *bermę < *bermen- (dialectal Russian бере́мя (berémja, “burden; lap”)), Old Armenian բեռն (beṙn), Ancient Greek φέρνη (phérnē, “dowry”); in the sense of “pregnant,” Russian бере́менная (berémennaja), Polish brzemienna, from brzemienny (“full of cargo”); and in the sense of “to be born, birth,” Ancient Greek φέρμα (phérma, “fruit of the earth”), Old English ġeberan (“to bring forth, to give birth”), German gebären, English bear, be born.

cog

mazs bērns

raudošs bērns

nerātns bērns

neiznests bērns

premature (lit. not-fully-carried) child

ārlaulības, nelikumīgs bērns

bērna audzināšana

auklēt bērnu

kopt bērnu

mācīt bērnu

adoptēt bērnu

bērnu ratiņi

strollers (literally, “little children's carts”)

bērnu autiņi

diapers (literally, “children's little cloths”)

bērnu nams, bērnunams

orphanage (literally, “children's house”)

bērnu dārzs, bērnudārzs

kindergarten (literally, “children's garden”)

bērnu laukums

bērnu literatūra

bērnu ārsts

bērnu spēle

children's play (= something very simple and easy)

tu runā kā bērns

you talk like a child (= too naively, childishly)

child (boy or girl up to approximately 14 or 13 years of age)

vienu vecāku bērni

pieauguši bērni

viņai ir vienpadsmit bērnu: septiņas meitas un četri dēli

she has eleven children: seven daughters and four sons

kad bērni lieli, iet tie paši ar savu galvu un vecāku prātu

child (son or daughter, regardless of age, in relation to their parents; descendants)

“vai, māt, Brūnaļai teļinš!” meitene priecīgi sasit rokas... “Brūnaļa mani vairs nepazīst...” “viņai bail, ka tu nedari pāri viņas bērnam”

“oh, Mum, Brūnaļa (the cow) has a little calf!” the girl happily clapped her hands... “Brūnaļa doesn't know me anymore...” “she is afraid of what you might do to her child”

tu biji krietnais tautas bērns

you were an honest, decent child of the people

dziesma, ai dziesmiņa, skani skaļi / visur, kur Latvijas bērniem mājas!

song, oh little song, do sound loud / everywhere where Latvia's children have homes!

(poetic) person, with respect to land, people, nation, political movement, etc. to which he or she belongs


svārki

svārki (nominative plural)
svārku (genitive plural)
svārkiem (dative plural)
svārkus (accusative plural)
svārkiem (instrumental plural)
svārkos (locative plural)
svārki (plural vocative)

The origin of this word is not clear. The fact that, besides the Lithuanian cognate švar̃kas (“suit jacket, coat”) there is also šar̃kas (“piece of clothing; fisherman's coat”) suggests a Proto-Baltic form *sarkas, the initial šv resulting perhaps from the influence of the common collocate adjective švarùs (“clean”); but there is no parallel adjective in Latvian to justify the initial sv. A possible *sarkas has further been compared with Russian соро́чка (soróčka, “shirt”), Old Church Slavonic срака (sraka, “clothing”) and ultimately derived as a borrowing from Vulgar Latin serica, sar(i)ca (“silk, silk clothes”), itself a borrowing from Oriental languages. Some researchers, however, disagree with this comparison.

kupli svārki

svārki un blūze

jaunas sievietes var atļauties arī kuplākus svārkus zvana griezumā

young women can also allow themselves to wear fuller bell-shaped skirts

ik uz soļa svārku dziļais iegriezums pavērās pāri celim, un pazibēja zīda zeķē tērptā kāja

at every step the skirt's deep cut opened a little above the knee, flashing a leg clad in silk stockings

(women's clothing) skirt (garment covering the lower body, from the waist down)


saimnieks

lv-noun

saimnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: saimniece)

saimniece (feminine)
saimnieks (nominative singular)
saimnieki (nominative plural)
saimnieka (genitive singular)
saimnieku (genitive plural)
saimniekam (dative singular)
saimniekiem (dative plural)
saimnieku (accusative singular)
saimniekus (accusative plural)
saimnieku (instrumental singular)
saimniekiem (instrumental plural)
saimniekā (locative singular)
saimniekos (locative plural)
saimniek (singular vocative)
saimnieki (plural vocative)

From saime (“family, household”) + -nieks. Though it is an old compound (already attested in 17th-century sources), it was only introduced in the literary (standard) language in 1862 by J. Alunāns.

iebraucamās vietas saimnieks

viesnīcas saimnieks

visi apkārtējie restorānu saimnieki zināja, ka pilsoņa Žana Gijo veikalā vienmēr svaiga prece

all the surrounding restaurant owners knew that there always was fresh merchandise (= ingredients) in citizen Žans Gijo's shop

owner or tenant, especially of a small business

kā saimnieks... es torīt atvēru sava kabineta durvis un turpat pie durvīm apstājos: redzēju, ka neesmu vairs saimnieks... uz galda augšpēdus gulēja vācu virsnieka cepure

as the master (of that office) I opened that morning my office's door and immediately stopped at the door: I saw that I was no longer the master... a German officer's hat was lying upside down on the table

owner, master, boss (person who owns or has the right to use a certain space, room, place)

kaķis kas ir pamests... parasti vairs citam saimniekam neuzticas un kļūst par īstu, mežonīgu zvēru

a cat that was abandoned... usually does not trust another owner and becomes a true wild beast

vēl jau gan viņš tur šauteni savās rokās, bet Ferdinands saprot, ka saimnieks tai jau ir cits: tas, lielais vīrs ar zilganpelēkajām acīm

though he is holding the gun in his hands, Ferdinands understands that its owner is another (person): that big man with the bluish-gray eyes

owner (person who owns something, e.g., an object)

lietuviešu tauta kļuva par pilntiesīgu savas zemes saimnieku

the Lithuanian people became the full master of their own land

pēc staltās gaitas, formas tērpa un izturēšanās spriežot, par kuģa saimnieku pirmajā brīdī varēja noturēt kapteiņa pirmo palīgu

judging by his stately gait, uniform and behavior, one could at first take the first mate for the ship's boss (= captain)

master, boss, leader (person who runs, administers, manages, organizes something, making decisions about it)

saimnieks ar ciemiņu beidzot piesēdušies pie galda

the host with (his) guest finally sat at the table

host (person who entertains guests, visitors)


maiznieks

maiznieks m (1st declension, feminine form: maizniece)

maizniece (feminine)
maiznieks (nominative singular)
maiznieki (nominative plural)
maiznieka (genitive singular)
maiznieku (genitive plural)
maizniekam (dative singular)
maizniekiem (dative plural)
maiznieku (accusative singular)
maizniekus (accusative plural)
maiznieku (instrumental singular)
maizniekiem (instrumental plural)
maizniekā (locative singular)
maizniekos (locative plural)
maizniek (singular vocative)
maiznieki (plural vocative)

From maize + -nieks. Coined by Juris Alunāns in 1857.

Ķīnā atkal notikusi masu slepkavība, izmantojot nazi. Čanšas pilsētā valsts vidienē vietējais maiznieks sadūris vairākus cilvēkus. Pieci no gūtajiem ievainojumiem mira.

2014 March 14, Andris Lācars, Ķīnā maiznieks ar nazi nogalina piecus cilvēkus:

Another mass stabbing has occurred in China. A local baker stabbed several people in the central city of Changsha. Five of the injured died.

baker (a craftsman engaged in baking bread; a owner of a bakery; a bread merchant)


cimds

cimds (nominative singular)
cimdi (nominative plural)
cimda (genitive singular)
cimdu (genitive plural)
cimdam (dative singular)
cimdiem (dative plural)
cimdu (accusative singular)
cimdus (accusative plural)
cimdu (instrumental singular)
cimdiem (instrumental plural)
cimdā (locative singular)
cimdos (locative plural)
cimd (singular vocative)
cimdi (plural vocative)

From Proto-Baltic *kimdas (possibly conserved for a while in Lithuanian, but later lost), an old word, widely borrowed into Baltic-Finnic languages: compare Finnish kinnas (genitive kintaan), Estonian kinnas (genitive kinda), Veps kindas, kindaz, Livonian kindas, k'indaz. Some researchers derive *kimdas from an old Proto-Baltic verb *kimti (“to press, to shove, to thrust”), from Proto-Baltic *kim-, from the zero grade *km̥- of Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“to press together; to hinder, to hamper”); the original meaning of cimds would be, in this case, “that in which one shoves one's hands,” or “that which presses one's hands.” Others, however, derive cimds from Proto-Baltic *šim- (with the expected Latvian reflex *sim- changing to *cim- via original or dialectal variation, as with, e.g., saukt : kaukt), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱem- (“to cover”) (whence German Hemd). It is possible that Proto-Indo-European *kem- and *ḱem- were variants of a single stem, with differentiated semantics.

der

labās rokas cimds

kreisās rokas cimds

cimdu pāris

pirkstaini, dūraini cimdi

tamborēti cimdi

kaprona, gumija cimdi

boksa cimdi

darba cimdi

garie cimdi

long gloves (to the elbow; worn by women)

ķirurģiskie cimdi

cimda pirksts

uzvilkt, novilkt cimdus

adīt cimdus

glove (item of clothing that covers one's hands)


sekss

sekss (nominative singular)
seksi (nominative plural)
seksa (genitive singular)
seksu (genitive plural)
seksam (dative singular)
seksiem (dative plural)
seksu (accusative singular)
seksus (accusative plural)
seksu (instrumental singular)
seksiem (instrumental plural)
seksā (locative singular)
seksos (locative plural)
seks (singular vocative)
seksi (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin sexus (“sex, gender”).

seksa fiziskās izpausmes

seksa horoskops

cik bieži latviešu sievietēm ir sekss?

sekss kļuvis par izpētes, ārstēšanas priekšmetu

sex has become an object of research and (medical) treatment

sexual intercourse
sexual intercourse#English

(usually singular) sex (sexual intercourse, sexual activity)


sieva

sieva (nominative singular)
sievas (nominative plural)
sievas (genitive singular)
sievu (genitive plural)
sievai (dative singular)
sievām (dative plural)
sievu (accusative singular)
sievas (accusative plural)
sievu (instrumental singular)
sievām (instrumental plural)
sievā (locative singular)
sievās (locative plural)
sieva (singular vocative)
sievas (plural vocative)

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śéiwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéy-wos, from *ḱey- (“be located; camp, settlement; friendly; from the same home”) with a suffix -wā (from the same stem also Latvian saime (“household”)). The semantic change seems to have been “friendly settlement or household member” > “woman”. Cognate with Sanskrit शेव (śéva, “dear, friendly, honored”), Gothic 𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰-𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰 (heiwa-frauja, “master of the house”), Old High German hiwa (“wife”), hi(w)o (“spouse; servant”), Latin civis (“citizen”) (previously “household member”, “villager”). As Latvian sieva gradually shifted its basic meaning to “wife”, a new term sieviete (“woman”) was coined (in the 19th century).

cog

𐌷𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰-𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰

vīrs un sieva

nolūkot sievu

ņemt, apņemt sievu

sievas vecāki

viņa jau divus gadus ir sieva

viņam nav sievas

wife (married woman; woman with respect to her husband)


itālis

lv-noun

itālis m (2nd declension, feminine form: itāliete)

itāliete (feminine)
itālis (nominative singular)
itāļi (nominative plural)
itāļa (genitive singular)
itāļu (genitive plural)
itālim (dative singular)
itāļiem (dative plural)
itāli (accusative singular)
itāļus (accusative plural)
itāli (instrumental singular)
itāļiem (instrumental plural)
itālī (locative singular)
itāļos (locative plural)
itāli (singular vocative)
itāļi (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Latin italus, itself possibly a borrowing from Oscan 𐌅𐌝𐌕𐌄𐌋𐌉𐌞 (víteliú), a name for the southwestern tip of the boot of Italy (today's Calabria), possibly a cognate of Latin vitulus (“calf”), meaning perhaps “land of cattle.” Other theories include the name of an ancient or legendary leader Italus, or also an old borrowing from Illyrian.

(usually in the plural) itāļi, the Italic peoples

Italic; a member of the ancient Italic peoples of primitive Italy


japānis

japānis m (2nd declension, feminine form: japāniete)

japāniete (feminine)
japānis (nominative singular)
japāņi (nominative plural)
japāņa (genitive singular)
japāņu (genitive plural)
japānim (dative singular)
japāņiem (dative plural)
japāni (accusative singular)
japāņus (accusative plural)
japāni (instrumental singular)
japāņiem (instrumental plural)
japānī (locative singular)
japāņos (locative plural)
japāni (singular vocative)
japāņi (plural vocative)

From the same source as Japāna (“Japan”), made into a masculine 2nd-declension noun.

japāņu valoda

japāņu māksla

japāņu porcelāns

(genitive plural) Japanese; pertaining to Japan and its people


sīpols

sīpols (nominative singular)
sīpoli (nominative plural)
sīpola (genitive singular)
sīpolu (genitive plural)
sīpolam (dative singular)
sīpoliem (dative plural)
sīpolu (accusative singular)
sīpolus (accusative plural)
sīpolu (instrumental singular)
sīpoliem (instrumental plural)
sīpolā (locative singular)
sīpolos (locative plural)
sīpol (singular vocative)
sīpoli (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Middle Dutch sipol (cf. Middle Low German sipolle, German Zwiebel), itself a borrowing from Italian cipollo, from Latin cīpulla, cepulla, the diminutive form of cēpa, of uncertain origin (perhaps a borrowing from an unattested Ancient Greek word.)

dārzā sīpols

ziemas sīpols

vasaras sīpols

krūmāju sīpols

jūras sīpols

sīpolu ziedi

sīpoli un ķiploki ir plaši pazīstami garšaugi, tos lieto ārstniecībā kopš seniem laikiem

onion and garlic are well-known herbs, they have been used in medicine sindnce ancient times

onion (herbaceous plant, sp. Allium cepa, with succulent tubular or flat leaves and underground edible bulbs)

sīpolu mias, sīpolmizas

sīpolu virtene

pēc garšas īpašībām sīpoli iedalāmi saldajos, pussīvajos un sīvajos sīpolos

by the quality of their taste, onions can be divided into sweet, half-pungent and pungent onions

blakus pavardam kā lielas dzintara krelles karājās sīpolu virtenes

next to the fireplace, like big amber beads, (there) hung strings of onions

onion (the bulb of this plant, used in cooking)

gladiolu, tulpju sīpols

ķiplokam ir salikts sīpols, kas sastāv no vairākiem patstāvīgiem sīpoliem, un katra nolauztā ķiploka daiva izveido jaunu augu

garlic has a compound bulb which consists of several independent bulbs, and every clove of garlic that breaks off originates a new plant

(botany) bulb (a modification of the stem and shriveled leaves of certain plants, among which onions, which accumulates nutrients)

mati nosirmo kad mata sīpolā attiecīgs iecirknis pārstāj ražot pigmentu

hairs become gray when the respective region of the hair follicle stops producing pigment

ir dažādas metodes lieko matu likvidēšanai, taču visām ir būtisks trūkums: tās neiznīcina mata sīpolu

there are various methods to eliminate excess hair, but they all have an essential flaw: they do not destroy the hair follicle

(anatomy) follicle (part of the hair situated under the skin)


seksualitāte

seksualitāte (nominative singular)
seksualitātes (genitive singular)
seksualitātei (dative singular)
seksualitāti (accusative singular)
seksualitāti (instrumental singular)
seksualitātē (locative singular)
seksualitāte (singular vocative)

From seksuāls (“sexual”) + -itāte (with seksuāls from sekss (“sex”) + -āls). Probably not formed as such in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from another European language.


gejs

gejs (nominative singular)
geji (nominative plural)
geja (genitive singular)
geju (genitive plural)
gejam (dative singular)
gejiem (dative plural)
geju (accusative singular)
gejus (accusative plural)
geju (instrumental singular)
gejiem (instrumental plural)
gejā (locative singular)
gejos (locative plural)
gej (singular vocative)
geji (plural vocative)


salāts

salāts (nominative singular)
salāti (nominative plural)
salāta (genitive singular)
salātu (genitive plural)
salātam (dative singular)
salātiem (dative plural)
salātu (accusative singular)
salātus (accusative plural)
salātu (instrumental singular)
salātiem (instrumental plural)
salātā (locative singular)
salātos (locative plural)
salāt (singular vocative)
salāti (plural vocative)

Via other European languages (cf. French salade, German Salat, Russian сала́т (salát)), ultimately a borrowing from Vulgar Latin salāta, from saliō (“to salt”), from sal (“salt”), apparently initially a reference to the sauce (e.g., “salted vegetables”).

dārzeņu, biešu, burkānu salāti

augļu salāti

sēņu salāti

gaļas salāti

salātu trauks

izmērcētas pupiņas novāra, gurķus sarīvē skaidās, tomātus sagriež šķēlītēs, lokus sīki sasmalcina... visas salātu sastāvdaļas samaisa...

one cooks the seasoned beans, one cuts the cucumbers into slivers, the tomatoes into slices, the chive into small pieces... all (these) salad ingredients are (then) mixed...

aukstajā galdā dažādus salātus pasniedz kā papildinājumu gaļas un zivju ēdieniem

in a cold table (= table with cold foods), some kinds of salads are served as complement to meat and fish dishes

(usually plural) salad (food consisting of fresh or cooked vegetables, perhaps with meat or fish, all cut together and served with sauce, oil, or vinegar)


pipars

pipars (nominative singular)
pipari (nominative plural)
pipara (genitive singular)
piparu (genitive plural)
piparam (dative singular)
pipariem (dative plural)
piparu (accusative singular)
piparus (accusative plural)
piparu (instrumental singular)
pipariem (instrumental plural)
piparā (locative singular)
piparos (locative plural)
pipar (singular vocative)
pipari (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old Norse pipari, or maybe from Old Swedish pipar (whence also Finnish pippuri, dialectal pipari, Estonian pipar), itself a borrowing from Latin piper, also a borrowing from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi), ultimately from Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”) (via Iranian), apparently also borrowed from some non-Indo-European language. In Latvian, pipari is an old borrowing, already found in 15th- and 16th-century family and house names. In 17th- and 18th-century dictionaries, German-influenced variants (pipere, piperis; cf. Low German peper) were found; the form pipari appeared in the 18th century, and became dominant in the 19th century.

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melnais pipars ir daudzgadīgs kāpelētājaugs ar tievu, lokanu stumbru, kura garums var sasniegt pat 10-12 metrus

the black pepper is a perennial creeper (plant) with a thin, flexible stem, the length of which can reach even 10-12 meters

pepper (plants of the families Piperaceae (genus Piper and others) and Solanaceae (genus Capsicum), with spicy fruits used as condiments)


acs

acs (nominative singular)
acis (nominative plural)
acs (genitive singular)
acu (genitive plural)
acij (dative singular)
acīm (dative plural)
aci (accusative singular)
acis (accusative plural)
aci (instrumental singular)
acīm (instrumental plural)
acī (locative singular)
acīs (locative plural)
acs (singular vocative)
acis (plural vocative)

From Proto-Baltic (perhaps Proto-Balto-Slavic) *ak-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Cognates include Lithuanian akìs, Old Prussian ackis (plural), Proto-Slavic *oko (“eye”) (Old Church Slavonic око (oko), Russian, Ukrainian о́ко (óko), Bulgarian око́ (okó), Czech, Polish oko), Proto-Germanic *ago (> *augô under the influence of *ausô (“ear”); Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 (augō), German Auge, Dutch oog, English eye), Sanskrit अक्षि (ákṣi), Armenian ակն (akn), Ancient Greek ὤψ (ṓps, “eye, face”), Latin oculus.

dūzim ir vienpadsmit acu

(card games) value unit (when playing cards)


bārene

lv-noun

bārene f (5th declension, masculine form: bārenis)

bārenis (masculine)
bārene (nominative singular)
bārenes (nominative plural)
bārenes (genitive singular)
bāreņu (genitive plural)
bārenei (dative singular)
bārenēm (dative plural)
bāreni (accusative singular)
bārenes (accusative plural)
bāreni (instrumental singular)
bārenēm (instrumental plural)
bārenē (locative singular)
bārenēs (locative plural)
bārene (singular vocative)
bārenes (plural vocative)

esmu bārene: man nav ne mātes, ne tēva

I am an orphan: I have neither mother nor father

Luzei ir gādīga māte un krietni radi, bet Karlīne ir bārene

Luze has a caring mother and good relatives, while Karlīne is an orphan

(female) orphan (a girl who has lost one or both parents)


miesnieks

miesnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: miesniece)

miesniece (feminine)
miesnieks (nominative singular)
miesnieki (nominative plural)
miesnieka (genitive singular)
miesnieku (genitive plural)
miesniekam (dative singular)
miesniekiem (dative plural)
miesnieku (accusative singular)
miesniekus (accusative plural)
miesnieku (instrumental singular)
miesniekiem (instrumental plural)
miesniekā (locative singular)
miesniekos (locative plural)
miesniek (singular vocative)
miesnieki (plural vocative)


rakstnieks

rakstnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: rakstniece)

rakstniece (feminine)
rakstnieks (nominative singular)
rakstnieki (nominative plural)
rakstnieka (genitive singular)
rakstnieku (genitive plural)
rakstniekam (dative singular)
rakstniekiem (dative plural)
rakstnieku (accusative singular)
rakstniekus (accusative plural)
rakstnieku (instrumental singular)
rakstniekiem (instrumental plural)
rakstniekā (locative singular)
rakstniekos (locative plural)
rakstniek (singular vocative)
rakstnieki (plural vocative)

Coined by Juris Alunāns, from raksts (“writing”) + -nieks, in the 1850s.


cūkas

“cūkas” jeb “duraki” ir kāršu spēle, kuras mērķis ir atbrīvoties no rokās esošajām kārtīm

“pigs,” or “fools,” is a card game whose objective it is to get rid of all the cards in one's hands

(colloquial) the name of a certain card game


jūrnieks

jūrnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: jūrniece)

jūrniece (feminine)
jūrnieks (nominative singular)
jūrnieki (nominative plural)
jūrnieka (genitive singular)
jūrnieku (genitive plural)
jūrniekam (dative singular)
jūrniekiem (dative plural)
jūrnieku (accusative singular)
jūrniekus (accusative plural)
jūrnieku (instrumental singular)
jūrniekiem (instrumental plural)
jūrniekā (locative singular)
jūrniekos (locative plural)
jūrniek (singular vocative)
jūrnieki (plural vocative)


dārznieks

dārznieks m (1st declension, feminine form: dārzniece)

dārzniece (feminine)
dārznieks (nominative singular)
dārznieki (nominative plural)
dārznieka (genitive singular)
dārznieku (genitive plural)
dārzniekam (dative singular)
dārzniekiem (dative plural)
dārznieku (accusative singular)
dārzniekus (accusative plural)
dārznieku (instrumental singular)
dārzniekiem (instrumental plural)
dārzniekā (locative singular)
dārzniekos (locative plural)
dārzniek (singular vocative)
dārznieki (plural vocative)


valodnieks

valodnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: valodniece)

valodniece (feminine)
valodnieks (nominative singular)
valodnieki (nominative plural)
valodnieka (genitive singular)
valodnieku (genitive plural)
valodniekam (dative singular)
valodniekiem (dative plural)
valodnieku (accusative singular)
valodniekus (accusative plural)
valodnieku (instrumental singular)
valodniekiem (instrumental plural)
valodniekā (locative singular)
valodniekos (locative plural)
valodniek (singular vocative)
valodnieki (plural vocative)


strādnieks

strādnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: strādniece)

strādniece (feminine)
strādnieks (nominative singular)
strādnieki (nominative plural)
strādnieka (genitive singular)
strādnieku (genitive plural)
strādniekam (dative singular)
strādniekiem (dative plural)
strādnieku (accusative singular)
strādniekus (accusative plural)
strādnieku (instrumental singular)
strādniekiem (instrumental plural)
strādniekā (locative singular)
strādniekos (locative plural)
strādniek (singular vocative)
strādnieki (plural vocative)

Probably from strād(āt) (“to work”) + -nieks. It is also possible that it was derived from an older (and still dialectally attested) noun strāda (“harvest time”), probably a borrowing from Russian dialectal страда (strada, “time of heavy (farm) work; heavy (farm) work”). Originally the meaning of strādnieks was “one who works well, hard,” and referred mostly to farm work. The current meaning “worker (in general)” started in the mid-19th century, especially in writings published in the newspaper “Peterburgas Avīze.”

strādnieku šķira

strādnieku meistarības konkurss

strādnieku ciemats

Māra nāca no vienkāršas strādnieku ģimenes

(male) worker, workman (a man, person who, under a contract of employment, works (e.g., in industry), usually directly in contact with the object being produced)


darbinieks

darbinieks m (1st declension, feminine form: darbiniece)

darbiniece (feminine)
darbinieks (nominative singular)
darbinieki (nominative plural)
darbinieka (genitive singular)
darbinieku (genitive plural)
darbiniekam (dative singular)
darbiniekiem (dative plural)
darbinieku (accusative singular)
darbiniekus (accusative plural)
darbinieku (instrumental singular)
darbiniekiem (instrumental plural)
darbiniekā (locative singular)
darbiniekos (locative plural)
darbiniek (singular vocative)
darbinieki (plural vocative)


auglis

auglis (nominative singular)
augļi (nominative plural)
augļa (genitive singular)
augļu (genitive plural)
auglim (dative singular)
augļiem (dative plural)
augli (accusative singular)
augļus (accusative plural)
augli (instrumental singular)
augļiem (instrumental plural)
auglī (locative singular)
augļos (locative plural)
augli (singular vocative)
augļi (plural vocative)

From the same stem as augt (“to grow”), with an extra l, made into a masculine second-declension noun (ending -is).

augļa kustības

uzturam grūtniecības laikā ir jāsatur visas augļa attīstībai vajadzīgas vielas

the diet during pregnancy must contain all the substances necessary to the development of the fetus

(embryology) fetus (mammalian organism between the embryonary stage and birth)


meitene

meitene (nominative singular)
meitenes (nominative plural)
meitenes (genitive singular)
meiteņu (genitive plural)
meitenei (dative singular)
meitenēm (dative plural)
meiteni (accusative singular)
meitenes (accusative plural)
meiteni (instrumental singular)
meitenēm (instrumental plural)
meitenē (locative singular)
meitenēs (locative plural)
meitene (singular vocative)
meitenes (plural vocative)

zēns

antonym(s) of “of "young, unmarried woman"”

From meita (“daughter, girl”) + -ene. First attested in 18th-century sources, at first only as “little girl,” later on also as “young woman.”

čakla meitene

meiteņu skola

meiteņu koris

meitene ar bizītēm

meiteņu apģērbi

rotaļās gāja zēni un meitenes

dūšīga sieva ar trim meitenēm, vecumā no desmit līdz četrpadsmit gadiem

a robust woman with three girls, aged from ten to fourteen years

girl (female child, up to approximately 18 years of age)


zēns

zēns (nominative singular)
zēni (nominative plural)
zēna (genitive singular)
zēnu (genitive plural)
zēnam (dative singular)
zēniem (dative plural)
zēnu (accusative singular)
zēnus (accusative plural)
zēnu (instrumental singular)
zēniem (instrumental plural)
zēnā (locative singular)
zēnos (locative plural)
zēn (singular vocative)
zēni (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Middle High German söhn (“son”) (sȫne); cf. Sohn (“son”). The e is the nearest vowel to ö in Latvian; the length probably results from the influence of dēls (“son”). In an 18th-century dictionary, zēns is mentioned as “rarely used,” and only in the area around Riga and in Courland; in the 19th century, the word was still mostly used in Courland, but had already entered the literary language, as a synonym of puisis.

zēnu koris

zēnu apģērbi

zēnu rotaļas

zēnu nedarbi

zēnu skola

zēnu istaba

the boys' room (restroom, especially at school)

Haris ir zēns, viņam vēl tālu līdz lielam cilvēkam, viņš daudz nesaprot

Haris is a boy, he has a long way to go to become a grown-up, he doesn't understand much

boy (a male child, approximately until 11 years of age)

sanāca vairāk nekā divdesmit vīriešu, visvairāk jauni zēni, bet arī pusmūža vīri un pat pāris sirmgalvju

more than twenty men came, mostly young boys, bet also some middle-aged men and a few seniors

es vēl negribu uzņemties rūpes par ģimeni... es esmu pavisam zaļš zēns

I don't want to take care of the family yet... I am (still) a very green (= immature) boy

meitenei bija savs zēns

no tās reizes, kad Jautrīte Raiņa vidusskolas sarīkojumā iepazinās ar Guntaru, daži sāka sačukstēties, ka Guntars esot Jautrītes zēns

from that time when Jautrīte met Guntars at the event in the Rainis middle school, some (people) started to whisper that Guntars was Jautrīte's boy (= boyfriend)

boy, boyfriend (a young man in whom a woman is romantically interested)

viņš ir lāga zēns

tēvocis patiešām bija zelta zēns

vecais zēns

old boy! (used to show familiarity, friendship)

(usually with an adjective or adjectival expression) boy, guy (a young man seen as having some, usually positive, quality)


dārzkopis

dārzkopis m (2nd declension, feminine form: dārzkope)

dārzkope (feminine)
dārzkopis (nominative singular)
dārzkopji (nominative plural)
dārzkopja (genitive singular)
dārzkopju (genitive plural)
dārzkopim (dative singular)
dārzkopjiem (dative plural)
dārzkopi (accusative singular)
dārzkopjus (accusative plural)
dārzkopi (instrumental singular)
dārzkopjiem (instrumental plural)
dārzkopī (locative singular)
dārzkopjos (locative plural)
dārzkopi (singular vocative)
dārzkopji (plural vocative)

A back-formation from dārzkopība, coined in 1872 by Krišjānis Valdemārs and Fricis Brīvzemnieks.

kolhoza dārzkopis atcerējās, ka viņš ilgus gadus mācījies kopt dārzu augus, iekārtojis saimniekam siltumnīcu

the kolkhoz gardener, horticulturist remembered how he had spent many years learning how to take care of the garden plants and arranged the farmers' greenhouse


dārzkope

dārzkope f (5th declension, masculine form: dārzkopis)

dārzkopis (masculine)
dārzkope (nominative singular)
dārzkopes (nominative plural)
dārzkopes (genitive singular)
dārzkopju (genitive plural)
dārzkopei (dative singular)
dārzkopēm (dative plural)
dārzkopi (accusative singular)
dārzkopes (accusative plural)
dārzkopi (instrumental singular)
dārzkopēm (instrumental plural)
dārzkopē (locative singular)
dārzkopēs (locative plural)
dārzkope (singular vocative)
dārzkopes (plural vocative)

From dārzkopis (“horticulturist, gardener”) + -e (“fem.”).

suffix

pieredzējusī dārzkope Sarma Žurčinska nesen pārgrieza ķirbi, kurš viņas virtuvē glabājas kopš pērnā rudens, un bija ļoti pārsteigta, ka uz ķirbju sēkliņām ieraudzīja dīvainus hieroglifiem līdzīgus simbolus

experienced horticulturist Sarma Žurčinska recently cut a pumpkin which had been in her kitchen since last autumn and was very surprised when she saw strange symbols similar to hieroglyphs on the pumpkin seeds


dārzniece

lv-noun

dārzniece f (5th declension, masculine form: dārznieks)

dārznieks (masculine)
dārzniece (nominative singular)
dārznieces (nominative plural)
dārznieces (genitive singular)
dārznieču (genitive plural)
dārzniecei (dative singular)
dārzniecēm (dative plural)
dārznieci (accusative singular)
dārznieces (accusative plural)
dārznieci (instrumental singular)
dārzniecēm (instrumental plural)
dārzniecē (locative singular)
dārzniecēs (locative plural)
dārzniece (singular vocative)
dārznieces (plural vocative)

From dārzs (“garden”) + -niece, or dārznieks (“gardener”) + -e (“fem.”) (the latter with palatalization of k to c).


darbiniece

darbiniece f (5th declension, masculine form: darbinieks)

darbinieks (masculine)
darbiniece (nominative singular)
darbinieces (nominative plural)
darbinieces (genitive singular)
darbinieču (genitive plural)
darbiniecei (dative singular)
darbiniecēm (dative plural)
darbinieci (accusative singular)
darbinieces (accusative plural)
darbinieci (instrumental singular)
darbiniecēm (instrumental plural)
darbiniecē (locative singular)
darbiniecēs (locative plural)
darbiniece (singular vocative)
darbinieces (plural vocative)

From darbs (“to work”) + -niece, or darbinieks (“employee”) + -e (“fem.”) (the latter with palatalization of k to c).


jūrniece

jūrniece f (5th declension, masculine form: jūrnieks)

jūrnieks (masculine)
jūrniece (nominative singular)
jūrnieces (nominative plural)
jūrnieces (genitive singular)
jūrnieču (genitive plural)
jūrniecei (dative singular)
jūrniecēm (dative plural)
jūrnieci (accusative singular)
jūrnieces (accusative plural)
jūrnieci (instrumental singular)
jūrniecēm (instrumental plural)
jūrniecē (locative singular)
jūrniecēs (locative plural)
jūrniece (singular vocative)
jūrnieces (plural vocative)

From jūra (“sea”) + -niece, or jūrnieks (“seaman”) + -e (“fem.”) (the latter with palatalization of k to c).


homoseksuālists

homoseksuālists m (1st declension, feminine form: homoseksuāliste)

homoseksuāliste (feminine)
homoseksuālists (nominative singular)
homoseksuālisti (nominative plural)
homoseksuālista (genitive singular)
homoseksuālistu (genitive plural)
homoseksuālistam (dative singular)
homoseksuālistiem (dative plural)
homoseksuālistu (accusative singular)
homoseksuālistus (accusative plural)
homoseksuālistu (instrumental singular)
homoseksuālistiem (instrumental plural)
homoseksuālistā (locative singular)
homoseksuālistos (locative plural)
homoseksuālist (singular vocative)
homoseksuālisti (plural vocative)

From homoseksuāls + -ists (with homoseksuāls from homo- + seksuāls and seksuāls from sekss (“sex”) + -āls). Probably not derived as such in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from other European languages.

Vai tu esi homoseksuālists?

Britu zinātnieki atklājuši, ka Robins Huds bija homoseksuālists.

British scholars have discovered that Robin Hood was a homosexual man.


kuģinieks

kuģinieks m (1st declension, feminine form: kuģiniece)

kuģiniece (feminine)
kuģinieks (nominative singular)
kuģinieki (nominative plural)
kuģinieka (genitive singular)
kuģinieku (genitive plural)
kuģiniekam (dative singular)
kuģiniekiem (dative plural)
kuģinieku (accusative singular)
kuģiniekus (accusative plural)
kuģinieku (instrumental singular)
kuģiniekiem (instrumental plural)
kuģiniekā (locative singular)
kuģiniekos (locative plural)
kuģiniek (singular vocative)
kuģinieki (plural vocative)


itālietis

itālietis m (2nd declension, feminine form: itāliete)

itāliete (feminine)
itālietis (nominative singular)
itālieši (nominative plural)
itālieša (genitive singular)
itāliešu (genitive plural)
itālietim (dative singular)
itāliešiem (dative plural)
itālieti (accusative singular)
itāliešus (accusative plural)
itālieti (instrumental singular)
itāliešiem (instrumental plural)
itālietī (locative singular)
itāliešos (locative plural)
itālieti (singular vocative)
itālieši (plural vocative)

a (male) Italian, a man from Italy or of Italian descent


vietnieks

vietnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: vietniece)

vietniece (feminine)
vietnieks (nominative singular)
vietnieki (nominative plural)
vietnieka (genitive singular)
vietnieku (genitive plural)
vietniekam (dative singular)
vietniekiem (dative plural)
vietnieku (accusative singular)
vietniekus (accusative plural)
vietnieku (instrumental singular)
vietniekiem (instrumental plural)
vietniekā (locative singular)
vietniekos (locative plural)
vietniek (singular vocative)
vietnieki (plural vocative)

direktora vietnieks

priekšsēdētāja vietnieks


vietniece

vietniece f (5th declension, masculine form: vietnieks)

vietnieks (masculine)
vietniece (nominative singular)
vietnieces (nominative plural)
vietnieces (genitive singular)
vietnieču (genitive plural)
vietniecei (dative singular)
vietniecēm (dative plural)
vietnieci (accusative singular)
vietnieces (accusative plural)
vietnieci (instrumental singular)
vietniecēm (instrumental plural)
vietniecē (locative singular)
vietniecēs (locative plural)
vietniece (singular vocative)
vietnieces (plural vocative)

From viet (“place”) + -niece, or vietnieks (“replacement”) + -e (“fem.”) (the latter with palatalization of k to c).

direktora vietniece

priekšsēdētāja vietniece


kuģiniece

kuģiniece f (5th declension, masculine form: kuģinieks)

kuģinieks (masculine)
kuģiniece (nominative singular)
kuģinieces (nominative plural)
kuģinieces (genitive singular)
kuģinieču (genitive plural)
kuģiniecei (dative singular)
kuģiniecēm (dative plural)
kuģinieci (accusative singular)
kuģinieces (accusative plural)
kuģinieci (instrumental singular)
kuģiniecēm (instrumental plural)
kuģiniecē (locative singular)
kuģiniecēs (locative plural)
kuģiniece (singular vocative)
kuģinieces (plural vocative)

From kuģis (“ship”) + -niece, or kuģinieks (“sailor”) + -e (“fem.”) (the latter with palatalization of k to c).


maizniece

maizniece f (5th declension, masculine form: maiznieks)

maiznieks (masculine)
maizniece (nominative singular)
maiznieces (nominative plural)
maiznieces (genitive singular)
maiznieču (genitive plural)
maizniecei (dative singular)
maizniecēm (dative plural)
maiznieci (accusative singular)
maiznieces (accusative plural)
maiznieci (instrumental singular)
maizniecēm (instrumental plural)
maizniecē (locative singular)
maizniecēs (locative plural)
maizniece (singular vocative)
maiznieces (plural vocative)

From maize (“bread”) + -niece, or maiznieks (“baker”) + -e (“fem.”) (the latter with palatalization of k to c).

dziedātāja Aiša TVNET “Eksperimentā” piekrita izmēģināt spēkus sev tik netipiskā profesijā kā maizniece

singer Aiša in the TVNET (show) “Experiment” agreed to try her hand at a non-typical profession like (female) baker