etnologs

lv-noun

etnologs m (1st declension, feminine form: etnoloģe)

etnoloģe (feminine)
etnologs (nominative singular)
etnologi (nominative plural)
etnologa (genitive singular)
etnologu (genitive plural)
etnologam (dative singular)
etnologiem (dative plural)
etnologu (accusative singular)
etnologus (accusative plural)
etnologu (instrumental singular)
etnologiem (instrumental plural)
etnologā (locative singular)
etnologos (locative plural)
etnolog (singular vocative)
etnologi (plural vocative)

(male) ethnologist (a specialist in ethnology)


etnoloģe

etnoloģe f (5th declension, masculine form: etnologs)

etnologs (masculine)
etnoloģe (nominative singular)
etnoloģes (nominative plural)
etnoloģes (genitive singular)
etnoloģu (genitive plural)
etnoloģei (dative singular)
etnoloģēm (dative plural)
etnoloģi (accusative singular)
etnoloģes (accusative plural)
etnoloģi (instrumental singular)
etnoloģēm (instrumental plural)
etnoloģē (locative singular)
etnoloģēs (locative plural)
etnoloģe (singular vocative)
etnoloģes (plural vocative)

From etnologs (“ethnologist”) + -e (“fem.”) (with palatalization of g to ģ).

(female) ethnologist (a specialist in ethnology)


antropoloģe

antropoloģe f (5th declension, masculine form: antropologs)

antropologs (masculine)
antropoloģe (nominative singular)
antropoloģes (nominative plural)
antropoloģes (genitive singular)
antropoloģu (genitive plural)
antropoloģei (dative singular)
antropoloģēm (dative plural)
antropoloģi (accusative singular)
antropoloģes (accusative plural)
antropoloģi (instrumental singular)
antropoloģēm (instrumental plural)
antropoloģē (locative singular)
antropoloģēs (locative plural)
antropoloģe (singular vocative)
antropoloģes (plural vocative)

From antropologs (“anthropologist”) + -e (“fem.”) (with palatalization of g to ģ).

suffix

filmu komentēs un plašāk par Mongolijas sociālajiem fenomeniem stāstīs jaunā antropoloģe Līga Rudzīte

the young anthropologist Līga Rudzīte will comment the movie and discuss social phenomena in Mongolia

(female) anthropologist (a specialist in anthropology)


paleontoloģe

lv-noun

paleontoloģe f (5th declension, masculine form: paleontologs)

paleontologs (masculine)
paleontoloģe (nominative singular)
paleontoloģes (nominative plural)
paleontoloģes (genitive singular)
paleontoloģu (genitive plural)
paleontoloģei (dative singular)
paleontoloģēm (dative plural)
paleontoloģi (accusative singular)
paleontoloģes (accusative plural)
paleontoloģi (instrumental singular)
paleontoloģēm (instrumental plural)
paleontoloģē (locative singular)
paleontoloģēs (locative plural)
paleontoloģe (singular vocative)
paleontoloģes (plural vocative)

From paleontologs (“paleontologist”) + -e (“fem.”) (with palatalization of g to ģ).

suffix

(female) paleontologist (a specialist in paleontology)


ekoloģe

lv-noun

ekoloģe f (5th declension, masculine form: ekologs)

ekologs (masculine)
ekoloģe (nominative singular)
ekoloģes (nominative plural)
ekoloģes (genitive singular)
ekoloģu (genitive plural)
ekoloģei (dative singular)
ekoloģēm (dative plural)
ekoloģi (accusative singular)
ekoloģes (accusative plural)
ekoloģi (instrumental singular)
ekoloģēm (instrumental plural)
ekoloģē (locative singular)
ekoloģēs (locative plural)
ekoloģe (singular vocative)
ekoloģes (plural vocative)

From ekologs (“ekologist”) + -e (“fem.”) (with palatalization of g to ģ).

(female) ecologist (a specialist in ecology)


zooloģe

zooloģe f (5th declension, masculine form: zoologs)

zoologs (masculine)
zooloģe (nominative singular)
zooloģes (nominative plural)
zooloģes (genitive singular)
zooloģu (genitive plural)
zooloģei (dative singular)
zooloģēm (dative plural)
zooloģi (accusative singular)
zooloģes (accusative plural)
zooloģi (instrumental singular)
zooloģēm (instrumental plural)
zooloģē (locative singular)
zooloģēs (locative plural)
zooloģe (singular vocative)
zooloģes (plural vocative)

From zoologs (“zoologist”) + -e (“fem.”) (with palatalization of g to ģ).

(female) zoologist (a specialist in zoology)


zinātnieks

zinātnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: zinātniece)

zinātniece (feminine)
zinātnieks (nominative singular)
zinātnieki (nominative plural)
zinātnieka (genitive singular)
zinātnieku (genitive plural)
zinātniekam (dative singular)
zinātniekiem (dative plural)
zinātnieku (accusative singular)
zinātniekus (accusative plural)
zinātnieku (instrumental singular)
zinātniekiem (instrumental plural)
zinātniekā (locative singular)
zinātniekos (locative plural)
zinātniek (singular vocative)
zinātnieki (plural vocative)

From zināt (“to know”) + -nieks. This word existed before zinātne (“science”); it originally meant “person with experience, knowledge,” “knowledgeable person.” It was first used in the modern sense (“scientist”) by J. Alunāns (dabas zinātnieks “natural scientist” in 1860; compare also valodas zinātnieks “language scientist”, used by K. Valdemārs as a synonym of lingvists). It is possible that this usage of zinātnieks influenced A. Kronvalds to coin the word zinātne.

liels zinātnieks

zinātnieks ar pasaules vārdu

a scientist with a world name (= fame, renown)

mākslas zinātnieks

mūzikas, literatūras zinātnieks

zinātnieka karjera

a career in science (lit. a scientist's career)

kabineta zinātnieks

an armchair scholar (lit. a cabinet scientist)

(male) scientist, scholar (highly qualified specialist doing research work in some branch of science)


zinātniece

zinātniece f (5th declension, masculine form: zinātnieks)

zinātnieks (masculine)
zinātniece (nominative singular)
zinātnieces (nominative plural)
zinātnieces (genitive singular)
zinātnieču (genitive plural)
zinātniecei (dative singular)
zinātniecēm (dative plural)
zinātnieci (accusative singular)
zinātnieces (accusative plural)
zinātnieci (instrumental singular)
zinātniecēm (instrumental plural)
zinātniecē (locative singular)
zinātniecēs (locative plural)
zinātniece (singular vocative)
zinātnieces (plural vocative)

From zināt (“to know”) + -niece, or zinātnieks (“scientist”) + -e (“fem.”) (the latter with palatalization of k to c).

izcila zinātniece

jauna zinātniece

(female) scientist (highly qualified specialist doing research work in some branch of science)


ornitoloģe

ornitoloģe f (5th declension, masculine form: ornitologs)

ornitologs (masculine)
ornitoloģe (nominative singular)
ornitoloģes (nominative plural)
ornitoloģes (genitive singular)
ornitoloģu (genitive plural)
ornitoloģei (dative singular)
ornitoloģēm (dative plural)
ornitoloģi (accusative singular)
ornitoloģes (accusative plural)
ornitoloģi (instrumental singular)
ornitoloģēm (instrumental plural)
ornitoloģē (locative singular)
ornitoloģēs (locative plural)
ornitoloģe (singular vocative)
ornitoloģes (plural vocative)

From ornitologs (“ornithologist”) + -e (“fem.”) (with palatalization of g to ģ).

suffix

(female) ornithologist (a specialist in ornithology)


fonologs

lv-noun

fonologs m (1st declension, feminine form: fonoloģe)

fonoloģe (feminine)
fonologs (nominative singular)
fonologi (nominative plural)
fonologa (genitive singular)
fonologu (genitive plural)
fonologam (dative singular)
fonologiem (dative plural)
fonologu (accusative singular)
fonologus (accusative plural)
fonologu (instrumental singular)
fonologiem (instrumental plural)
fonologā (locative singular)
fonologos (locative plural)
fonolog (singular vocative)
fonologi (plural vocative)

(male) phonologist (a specialist in phonology)


tipologs

tipologs m (1st declension, feminine form: tipoloģe)

tipoloģe (feminine)
tipologs (nominative singular)
tipologi (nominative plural)
tipologa (genitive singular)
tipologu (genitive plural)
tipologam (dative singular)
tipologiem (dative plural)
tipologu (accusative singular)
tipologus (accusative plural)
tipologu (instrumental singular)
tipologiem (instrumental plural)
tipologā (locative singular)
tipologos (locative plural)
tipolog (singular vocative)
tipologi (plural vocative)

(male) typologist (a specialist in typology)


tipoloģe

tipoloģe f (5th declension, masculine form: tipologs)

tipologs (masculine)
tipoloģe (nominative singular)
tipoloģes (nominative plural)
tipoloģes (genitive singular)
tipoloģu (genitive plural)
tipoloģei (dative singular)
tipoloģēm (dative plural)
tipoloģi (accusative singular)
tipoloģes (accusative plural)
tipoloģi (instrumental singular)
tipoloģēm (instrumental plural)
tipoloģē (locative singular)
tipoloģēs (locative plural)
tipoloģe (singular vocative)
tipoloģes (plural vocative)

From tipologs (“typologist”) + -e (“fem.”) (with palatalization of g to ģ).

(female) typologist (a specialist in typology)


topoloģe

topoloģe f (5th declension, masculine form: topologs)

topologs (masculine)
topoloģe (nominative singular)
topoloģes (nominative plural)
topoloģes (genitive singular)
topoloģu (genitive plural)
topoloģei (dative singular)
topoloģēm (dative plural)
topoloģi (accusative singular)
topoloģes (accusative plural)
topoloģi (instrumental singular)
topoloģēm (instrumental plural)
topoloģē (locative singular)
topoloģēs (locative plural)
topoloģe (singular vocative)
topoloģes (plural vocative)

From topologs (“topologist”) + -e (“fem.”) (with palatalization of g to ģ).

(female) topologist (a specialist in topology)


kosmoloģe

kosmoloģe f (5th declension, masculine form: kosmologs)

kosmologs (masculine)
kosmoloģe (nominative singular)
kosmoloģes (nominative plural)
kosmoloģes (genitive singular)
kosmoloģu (genitive plural)
kosmoloģei (dative singular)
kosmoloģēm (dative plural)
kosmoloģi (accusative singular)
kosmoloģes (accusative plural)
kosmoloģi (instrumental singular)
kosmoloģēm (instrumental plural)
kosmoloģē (locative singular)
kosmoloģēs (locative plural)
kosmoloģe (singular vocative)
kosmoloģes (plural vocative)

From kosmologs (“cosmologist”) + -e (“fem.”) (with palatalization of g to ģ).

(female) cosmologist (a specialist in cosmology)


teoloģe

teoloģe f (5th declension, masculine form: teologs)

teologs (masculine)
teoloģe (nominative singular)
teoloģes (nominative plural)
teoloģes (genitive singular)
teoloģu (genitive plural)
teoloģei (dative singular)
teoloģēm (dative plural)
teoloģi (accusative singular)
teoloģes (accusative plural)
teoloģi (instrumental singular)
teoloģēm (instrumental plural)
teoloģē (locative singular)
teoloģēs (locative plural)
teoloģe (singular vocative)
teoloģes (plural vocative)

From teologs (“theologist”) + -e (“fem.”) (with palatalization of g to ģ).

(female) theologian (a specialist in theology)


fonoloģe

fonoloģe f (5th declension, masculine form: fonologs)

fonologs (masculine)
fonoloģe (nominative singular)
fonoloģes (nominative plural)
fonoloģes (genitive singular)
fonoloģu (genitive plural)
fonoloģei (dative singular)
fonoloģēm (dative plural)
fonoloģi (accusative singular)
fonoloģes (accusative plural)
fonoloģi (instrumental singular)
fonoloģēm (instrumental plural)
fonoloģē (locative singular)
fonoloģēs (locative plural)
fonoloģe (singular vocative)
fonoloģes (plural vocative)

From fonologs (“phonologist”) + -e (“fem.”) (with palatalization of g to ģ).

(female) phonologist (a specialist in phonology)


fonētiķis

fonētiķis m (2nd declension, feminine form: fonētiķe)

fonētiķe (feminine)
fonētiķis (nominative singular)
fonētiķi (nominative plural)
fonētiķa (genitive singular)
fonētiķu (genitive plural)
fonētiķim (dative singular)
fonētiķiem (dative plural)
fonētiķi (accusative singular)
fonētiķus (accusative plural)
fonētiķi (instrumental singular)
fonētiķiem (instrumental plural)
fonētiķī (locative singular)
fonētiķos (locative plural)
fonētiķi (singular vocative)
fonētiķi (plural vocative)

(male) phonetician (a specialist in phonetics)


fonētiķe

fonētiķe f (5th declension, masculine form: fonētiķis)

fonētiķis (masculine)
fonētiķe (nominative singular)
fonētiķes (nominative plural)
fonētiķes (genitive singular)
fonētiķu (genitive plural)
fonētiķei (dative singular)
fonētiķēm (dative plural)
fonētiķi (accusative singular)
fonētiķes (accusative plural)
fonētiķi (instrumental singular)
fonētiķēm (instrumental plural)
fonētiķē (locative singular)
fonētiķēs (locative plural)
fonētiķe (singular vocative)
fonētiķes (plural vocative)

From fonētiķis (“phoneticist”) + -e (“fem.”).

(female) phoneticist (a specialist in phonetics)


botāniķis

botāniķis m (2nd declension, feminine form: botāniķe)

botāniķe (feminine)
botāniķis (nominative singular)
botāniķi (nominative plural)
botāniķa (genitive singular)
botāniķu (genitive plural)
botāniķim (dative singular)
botāniķiem (dative plural)
botāniķi (accusative singular)
botāniķus (accusative plural)
botāniķi (instrumental singular)
botāniķiem (instrumental plural)
botāniķī (locative singular)
botāniķos (locative plural)
botāniķi (singular vocative)
botāniķi (plural vocative)

botāniķu pētījumi

(male) botanist (a specialist in botany)


botāniķe

botāniķe f (5th declension, masculine form: botāniķis)

botāniķis (masculine)
botāniķe (nominative singular)
botāniķes (nominative plural)
botāniķes (genitive singular)
botāniķu (genitive plural)
botāniķei (dative singular)
botāniķēm (dative plural)
botāniķi (accusative singular)
botāniķes (accusative plural)
botāniķi (instrumental singular)
botāniķēm (instrumental plural)
botāniķē (locative singular)
botāniķēs (locative plural)
botāniķe (singular vocative)
botāniķes (plural vocative)

From botāniķis (“botanist”) + -e (“fem.”).

(female) botanist (a specialist in botany)


topogrāfs

topogrāfs m (1st declension, feminine form: topogrāfe)

topogrāfe (feminine)
topogrāfs (nominative singular)
topogrāfi (nominative plural)
topogrāfa (genitive singular)
topogrāfu (genitive plural)
topogrāfam (dative singular)
topogrāfiem (dative plural)
topogrāfu (accusative singular)
topogrāfus (accusative plural)
topogrāfu (instrumental singular)
topogrāfiem (instrumental plural)
topogrāfā (locative singular)
topogrāfos (locative plural)
topogrāf (singular vocative)
topogrāfi (plural vocative)

topogrāfam vajag izjust apvidu kā vilkam

the topoographer must experience the area as a wolf (would)

(male) topographer (a specialist in topography)


topogrāfe

topogrāfe f (5th declension, masculine form: topogrāfs)

topogrāfs (masculine)
topogrāfe (nominative singular)
topogrāfes (nominative plural)
topogrāfes (genitive singular)
topogrāfu (genitive plural)
topogrāfei (dative singular)
topogrāfēm (dative plural)
topogrāfi (accusative singular)
topogrāfes (accusative plural)
topogrāfi (instrumental singular)
topogrāfēm (instrumental plural)
topogrāfē (locative singular)
topogrāfēs (locative plural)
topogrāfe (singular vocative)
topogrāfes (plural vocative)

From topogrāfs (“topographer”) + -e (“fem.”).

(female) topographer (a specialist in topography)


etnogrāfs

etnogrāfs m (1st declension, feminine form: etnogrāfe)

etnogrāfe (feminine)
etnogrāfs (nominative singular)
etnogrāfi (nominative plural)
etnogrāfa (genitive singular)
etnogrāfu (genitive plural)
etnogrāfam (dative singular)
etnogrāfiem (dative plural)
etnogrāfu (accusative singular)
etnogrāfus (accusative plural)
etnogrāfu (instrumental singular)
etnogrāfiem (instrumental plural)
etnogrāfā (locative singular)
etnogrāfos (locative plural)
etnogrāf (singular vocative)
etnogrāfi (plural vocative)

etnogrāfu pētījumi

etnogrāfu uzmanības centrs

the center of attention of ethnographers

galvenās tēmas, kas interesēja etnogrāfus

the main topics that interested ethnographers

(male) geographer (a specialist in geography)


etnogrāfe

etnogrāfe f (5th declension, masculine form: etnogrāfs)

etnogrāfs (masculine)
etnogrāfe (nominative singular)
etnogrāfes (nominative plural)
etnogrāfes (genitive singular)
etnogrāfu (genitive plural)
etnogrāfei (dative singular)
etnogrāfēm (dative plural)
etnogrāfi (accusative singular)
etnogrāfes (accusative plural)
etnogrāfi (instrumental singular)
etnogrāfēm (instrumental plural)
etnogrāfē (locative singular)
etnogrāfēs (locative plural)
etnogrāfe (singular vocative)
etnogrāfes (plural vocative)

From etnogrāfs (“ethnographer”) + -e (“fem.”).

suffix

(female) ethnographer (a specialist in ethnography)


kartogrāfs

lv-noun

kartogrāfs m (1st declension, feminine form: kartogrāfe)

kartogrāfe (feminine)
kartogrāfs (nominative singular)
kartogrāfi (nominative plural)
kartogrāfa (genitive singular)
kartogrāfu (genitive plural)
kartogrāfam (dative singular)
kartogrāfiem (dative plural)
kartogrāfu (accusative singular)
kartogrāfus (accusative plural)
kartogrāfu (instrumental singular)
kartogrāfiem (instrumental plural)
kartogrāfā (locative singular)
kartogrāfos (locative plural)
kartogrāf (singular vocative)
kartogrāfi (plural vocative)

(male) cartographer (a specialist in cartography)


kartogrāfe

kartogrāfe f (5th declension, masculine form: kartogrāfs)

kartogrāfs (masculine)
kartogrāfe (nominative singular)
kartogrāfes (nominative plural)
kartogrāfes (genitive singular)
kartogrāfu (genitive plural)
kartogrāfei (dative singular)
kartogrāfēm (dative plural)
kartogrāfi (accusative singular)
kartogrāfes (accusative plural)
kartogrāfi (instrumental singular)
kartogrāfēm (instrumental plural)
kartogrāfē (locative singular)
kartogrāfēs (locative plural)
kartogrāfe (singular vocative)
kartogrāfes (plural vocative)

From kartogrāfs (“cartographer”) + -e (“fem.”).

suffix

(female) cartographer (a specialist in cartography)


metafiziķis

lv-noun

metafiziķis m (2nd declension, feminine form: metafiziķe)

metafiziķe (feminine)
metafiziķis (nominative singular)
metafiziķi (nominative plural)
metafiziķa (genitive singular)
metafiziķu (genitive plural)
metafiziķim (dative singular)
metafiziķiem (dative plural)
metafiziķi (accusative singular)
metafiziķus (accusative plural)
metafiziķi (instrumental singular)
metafiziķiem (instrumental plural)
metafiziķī (locative singular)
metafiziķos (locative plural)
metafiziķi (singular vocative)
metafiziķi (plural vocative)

(male) metaphysician (a specialist in metaphysics)


metafiziķe

metafiziķe f (5th declension, masculine form: metafiziķis)

metafiziķis (masculine)
metafiziķe (nominative singular)
metafiziķes (nominative plural)
metafiziķes (genitive singular)
metafiziķu (genitive plural)
metafiziķei (dative singular)
metafiziķēm (dative plural)
metafiziķi (accusative singular)
metafiziķes (accusative plural)
metafiziķi (instrumental singular)
metafiziķēm (instrumental plural)
metafiziķē (locative singular)
metafiziķēs (locative plural)
metafiziķe (singular vocative)
metafiziķes (plural vocative)

From metafiziķis (“metaphysician”) + -e (“fem.”).

suffix

(female) metaphysician (a specialist in metaphysics)


filozofs

lv-noun

filozofs m (1st declension, feminine form: filozofe)

filozofe (feminine)
filozofs (nominative singular)
filozofi (nominative plural)
filozofa (genitive singular)
filozofu (genitive plural)
filozofam (dative singular)
filozofiem (dative plural)
filozofu (accusative singular)
filozofus (accusative plural)
filozofu (instrumental singular)
filozofiem (instrumental plural)
filozofā (locative singular)
filozofos (locative plural)
filozof (singular vocative)
filozofi (plural vocative)

filozofu akmens

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


politiķis

politiķis m (2nd declension, feminine form: politiķe)

politiķe (feminine)
politiķis (nominative singular)
politiķi (nominative plural)
politiķa (genitive singular)
politiķu (genitive plural)
politiķim (dative singular)
politiķiem (dative plural)
politiķi (accusative singular)
politiķus (accusative plural)
politiķi (instrumental singular)
politiķiem (instrumental plural)
politiķī (locative singular)
politiķos (locative plural)
politiķi (singular vocative)
politiķi (plural vocative)

gudrs politiķis

tālredzīgs politiķis

progresīvs politiķis

(male) politician (a person who participates or works in politics)


politiķe

politiķe f (5th declension, masculine form: politiķis)

politiķis (masculine)
politiķe (nominative singular)
politiķes (nominative plural)
politiķes (genitive singular)
politiķu (genitive plural)
politiķei (dative singular)
politiķēm (dative plural)
politiķi (accusative singular)
politiķes (accusative plural)
politiķi (instrumental singular)
politiķēm (instrumental plural)
politiķē (locative singular)
politiķēs (locative plural)
politiķe (singular vocative)
politiķes (plural vocative)

From politiķis (“politician”) + -e (“fem.”).

(female) politician (a person who participates or works in politics)


ekonomists

ekonomists m (1st declension, feminine form: ekonomiste)

ekonomiste (feminine)
ekonomists (nominative singular)
ekonomisti (nominative plural)
ekonomista (genitive singular)
ekonomistu (genitive plural)
ekonomistam (dative singular)
ekonomistiem (dative plural)
ekonomistu (accusative singular)
ekonomistus (accusative plural)
ekonomistu (instrumental singular)
ekonomistiem (instrumental plural)
ekonomistā (locative singular)
ekonomistos (locative plural)
ekonomist (singular vocative)
ekonomisti (plural vocative)

From ekonomija (“economy”) + -ists. Probably not derived as such in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from another European language.

(male) economist (a specialist in economics)


ekonomiste

ekonomiste f (5th declension, masculine form: ekonomists)

ekonomists (masculine)
ekonomiste (nominative singular)
ekonomistes (nominative plural)
ekonomistes (genitive singular)
ekonomistu (genitive plural)
ekonomistei (dative singular)
ekonomistēm (dative plural)
ekonomisti (accusative singular)
ekonomistes (accusative plural)
ekonomisti (instrumental singular)
ekonomistēm (instrumental plural)
ekonomistē (locative singular)
ekonomistēs (locative plural)
ekonomiste (singular vocative)
ekonomistes (plural vocative)

From ekonomists (“economist”) + -e (“fem.”).

(female) economist (a specialist in economics)


filologs

filologs m (1st declension, feminine form: filoloģe)

filoloģe (feminine)
filologs (nominative singular)
filologi (nominative plural)
filologa (genitive singular)
filologu (genitive plural)
filologam (dative singular)
filologiem (dative plural)
filologu (accusative singular)
filologus (accusative plural)
filologu (instrumental singular)
filologiem (instrumental plural)
filologā (locative singular)
filologos (locative plural)
filolog (singular vocative)
filologi (plural vocative)

J. Endzelīna personība ir ietekmējuši vairākas latviešu filologu paaudzes

J. Endzelīns' personality has influenced many generations of Latvian philologists

(male) philologist (a specialist in philology)


filoloģe

filoloģe f (5th declension, masculine form: filologs)

filologs (masculine)
filoloģe (nominative singular)
filoloģes (nominative plural)
filoloģes (genitive singular)
filoloģu (genitive plural)
filoloģei (dative singular)
filoloģēm (dative plural)
filoloģi (accusative singular)
filoloģes (accusative plural)
filoloģi (instrumental singular)
filoloģēm (instrumental plural)
filoloģē (locative singular)
filoloģēs (locative plural)
filoloģe (singular vocative)
filoloģes (plural vocative)

From filologs (“philologist”) + -e (“fem.”) (with palatalization of g to ģ).

(female) philologist (a specialist in philology)


epistemologs

epistemologs m (1st declension, feminine form: epistemoloģe)

epistemoloģe (feminine)
epistemologs (nominative singular)
epistemologi (nominative plural)
epistemologa (genitive singular)
epistemologu (genitive plural)
epistemologam (dative singular)
epistemologiem (dative plural)
epistemologu (accusative singular)
epistemologus (accusative plural)
epistemologu (instrumental singular)
epistemologiem (instrumental plural)
epistemologā (locative singular)
epistemologos (locative plural)
epistemolog (singular vocative)
epistemologi (plural vocative)

(male) epistemologist (a specialist in epistemology)


epistemoloģe

epistemoloģe f (5th declension, masculine form: epistemologs)

epistemologs (masculine)
epistemoloģe (nominative singular)
epistemoloģes (nominative plural)
epistemoloģes (genitive singular)
epistemoloģu (genitive plural)
epistemoloģei (dative singular)
epistemoloģēm (dative plural)
epistemoloģi (accusative singular)
epistemoloģes (accusative plural)
epistemoloģi (instrumental singular)
epistemoloģēm (instrumental plural)
epistemoloģē (locative singular)
epistemoloģēs (locative plural)
epistemoloģe (singular vocative)
epistemoloģes (plural vocative)

From epistemologs (“epistemologist”) + -e (“fem.”) (with palatalization of g to ģ).

suffix

(female) epistemologist (a specialist in epistemology)


ģeofiziķis

lv-noun

ģeofiziķis m (2nd declension, feminine form: ģeofiziķe)

ģeofiziķe (feminine)
ģeofiziķis (nominative singular)
ģeofiziķi (nominative plural)
ģeofiziķa (genitive singular)
ģeofiziķu (genitive plural)
ģeofiziķim (dative singular)
ģeofiziķiem (dative plural)
ģeofiziķi (accusative singular)
ģeofiziķus (accusative plural)
ģeofiziķi (instrumental singular)
ģeofiziķiem (instrumental plural)
ģeofiziķī (locative singular)
ģeofiziķos (locative plural)
ģeofiziķi (singular vocative)
ģeofiziķi (plural vocative)

latviešu ģeofiziķi

(male) geophysicist (a specialist in geophysics)


astrofiziķis

astrofiziķis m (2nd declension, feminine form: astrofiziķe)

astrofiziķe (feminine)
astrofiziķis (nominative singular)
astrofiziķi (nominative plural)
astrofiziķa (genitive singular)
astrofiziķu (genitive plural)
astrofiziķim (dative singular)
astrofiziķiem (dative plural)
astrofiziķi (accusative singular)
astrofiziķus (accusative plural)
astrofiziķi (instrumental singular)
astrofiziķiem (instrumental plural)
astrofiziķī (locative singular)
astrofiziķos (locative plural)
astrofiziķi (singular vocative)
astrofiziķi (plural vocative)

pasaulē zināmais astrofiziķis Nīls Degrass Taisons

world famous astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson

(male) astrophysicist (a specialist in astrophysics)


ģeofiziķe

ģeofiziķe f (5th declension, masculine form: ģeofiziķis)

ģeofiziķis (masculine)
ģeofiziķe (nominative singular)
ģeofiziķes (nominative plural)
ģeofiziķes (genitive singular)
ģeofiziķu (genitive plural)
ģeofiziķei (dative singular)
ģeofiziķēm (dative plural)
ģeofiziķi (accusative singular)
ģeofiziķes (accusative plural)
ģeofiziķi (instrumental singular)
ģeofiziķēm (instrumental plural)
ģeofiziķē (locative singular)
ģeofiziķēs (locative plural)
ģeofiziķe (singular vocative)
ģeofiziķes (plural vocative)

From ģeofiziķis (“geophysicist”) + -e (“fem.”).

suffix

(female) geophysicist (a specialist in geophysics)


astrofiziķe

lv-noun

astrofiziķe f (5th declension, masculine form: astrofiziķis)

astrofiziķis (masculine)
astrofiziķe (nominative singular)
astrofiziķes (nominative plural)
astrofiziķes (genitive singular)
astrofiziķu (genitive plural)
astrofiziķei (dative singular)
astrofiziķēm (dative plural)
astrofiziķi (accusative singular)
astrofiziķes (accusative plural)
astrofiziķi (instrumental singular)
astrofiziķēm (instrumental plural)
astrofiziķē (locative singular)
astrofiziķēs (locative plural)
astrofiziķe (singular vocative)
astrofiziķes (plural vocative)

From astrofiziķis (“astrophysicist”) + -e (“fem.”).

suffix

Malaizijas astrofiziķe Mazlana Otmana vada ANO Kosmosa lietu pārvaldi (UNOOSA)

Malaysian (female) astrophysicist Mazlan Othman leads the UNO Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)

(female) astrophysicist (a specialist in astrophysics)


fiziskā kultūra

fiziskā kultūra (nominative singular)
fiziskās kultūras (genitive singular)
fiziskajai kultūrai (dative singular)
fizisko kultūru (accusative singular)
fizisko kultūru (instrumental singular)
fiziskajā kultūrā (locative singular)
fizisko kultūra (singular vocative)
fiziskā kultūra (singular vocative)

fiziskā kultūra un vingrošana

nodarboties ar fizisko kultūru

to do, to engage in physical education, fitness

physical education, fitness (activities, part of education concerned with physical growth, development, and fitness via sports, gymnastics, and physical exercise)


fiziskā audzināšana

fiziskā audzināšana (nominative singular)
fiziskās audzināšanas (genitive singular)
fiziskajai audzināšanai (dative singular)
fizisko audzināšanu (accusative singular)
fizisko audzināšanu (instrumental singular)
fiziskajā audzināšanā (locative singular)
fizisko audzināšana (singular vocative)
fiziskā audzināšana (singular vocative)

fiziskā audzināšana viduslaikos

fiziskās audzināšanas uzdevumi

physical education (education of individuals so as to promote normal, healthy physical growth and development)


fizkultūra

fizkultūra (nominative singular)
fizkultūras (genitive singular)
fizkultūrai (dative singular)
fizkultūru (accusative singular)
fizkultūru (instrumental singular)
fizkultūrā (locative singular)
fizkultūra (singular vocative)

A clipping of fiz(iskā) and kultūra; apparently a calque of Russian физкульту́ра (fizkulʹtúra).

uder

физкульту́ра

fizkultūras institūts

fizkultūras skolotājs

nodarboties ar fizkultūru

physical education (activities, part of education concerned with physical growth, development, and fitness via sports, gymnastics, and physical exercise)


etimologs

lv-noun

etimologs m (1st declension, feminine form: etimoloģe)

etimoloģe (feminine)
etimologs (nominative singular)
etimologi (nominative plural)
etimologa (genitive singular)
etimologu (genitive plural)
etimologam (dative singular)
etimologiem (dative plural)
etimologu (accusative singular)
etimologus (accusative plural)
etimologu (instrumental singular)
etimologiem (instrumental plural)
etimologā (locative singular)
etimologos (locative plural)
etimolog (singular vocative)
etimologi (plural vocative)

ievērojama etimologa pētījums

research, study by a prominent etymologist

(male) etymologist (a specialist in etymology)


etimoloģe

etimoloģe f (5th declension, masculine form: etimologs)

etimologs (masculine)
etimoloģe (nominative singular)
etimoloģes (nominative plural)
etimoloģes (genitive singular)
etimoloģu (genitive plural)
etimoloģei (dative singular)
etimoloģēm (dative plural)
etimoloģi (accusative singular)
etimoloģes (accusative plural)
etimoloģi (instrumental singular)
etimoloģēm (instrumental plural)
etimoloģē (locative singular)
etimoloģēs (locative plural)
etimoloģe (singular vocative)
etimoloģes (plural vocative)

From etimologs (“etymologist”) + -e (“fem.”) (with palatalization of g to ģ).

(female) etymologist (a specialist in etymology)


anatoms

anatoms m (1st declension, feminine form: anatome)

anatome (feminine)
anatoms (nominative singular)
anatomi (nominative plural)
anatoma (genitive singular)
anatomu (genitive plural)
anatomam (dative singular)
anatomiem (dative plural)
anatomu (accusative singular)
anatomus (accusative plural)
anatomu (instrumental singular)
anatomiem (instrumental plural)
anatomā (locative singular)
anatomos (locative plural)
anatom (singular vocative)
anatomi (plural vocative)

anatomam visnoderīgākais pētīšanas materiāls ir anatomisks preparāts

the anatomist's most useful research material is the anatomic preparation

(male) anatomist (a specialist in anatomy)


anatome

anatome f (5th declension, masculine form: anatoms)

anatoms (masculine)
anatome (nominative singular)
anatomes (nominative plural)
anatomes (genitive singular)
anatomju (genitive plural)
anatomei (dative singular)
anatomēm (dative plural)
anatomi (accusative singular)
anatomes (accusative plural)
anatomi (instrumental singular)
anatomēm (instrumental plural)
anatomē (locative singular)
anatomēs (locative plural)
anatome (singular vocative)
anatomes (plural vocative)

From anatoms (“anatomist”) + -e (“fem.”).

7.jūlijā pirms 85 gadiem dzimusi anatome un medicīnas redaktore Janīna Danusēviča

85 years ago, on July 7th, Janīna Danusēviča, anatomist and medical editor, was born

(female) anatomist (a specialist in anatomy)


bebrāda

bebrāda (nominative singular)
bebrādas (nominative plural)
bebrādas (genitive singular)
bebrādu (genitive plural)
bebrādai (dative singular)
bebrādām (dative plural)
bebrādu (accusative singular)
bebrādas (accusative plural)
bebrādu (instrumental singular)
bebrādām (instrumental plural)
bebrādā (locative singular)
bebrādās (locative plural)
bebrāda (singular vocative)
bebrādas (plural vocative)

From bebra (“beaver[gen.]”) + āda (“skin”).

bebrādas apkakle, cepure

pa Brīvības bulvāri steidzās kāds kungs bebrādas kažokā

on Freedom Boulevard there rushed a gentleman in a beaver fur coat


akustiķis

akustiķis m (2nd declension, feminine form: akustiķe)

akustiķe (feminine)
akustiķis (nominative singular)
akustiķi (nominative plural)
akustiķa (genitive singular)
akustiķu (genitive plural)
akustiķim (dative singular)
akustiķiem (dative plural)
akustiķi (accusative singular)
akustiķus (accusative plural)
akustiķi (instrumental singular)
akustiķiem (instrumental plural)
akustiķī (locative singular)
akustiķos (locative plural)
akustiķi (singular vocative)
akustiķi (plural vocative)

Latvijas akustiķu apvienība


akustiķe

akustiķe f (5th declension, masculine form: akustiķis)

akustiķis (masculine)
akustiķe (nominative singular)
akustiķes (nominative plural)
akustiķes (genitive singular)
akustiķu (genitive plural)
akustiķei (dative singular)
akustiķēm (dative plural)
akustiķi (accusative singular)
akustiķes (accusative plural)
akustiķi (instrumental singular)
akustiķēm (instrumental plural)
akustiķē (locative singular)
akustiķēs (locative plural)
akustiķe (singular vocative)
akustiķes (plural vocative)

From akustiķis (“acoustician”) + -e (“fem.”).

dzirdes akustiķe Evita Dūdare

the hearingacoustician (= phonoaudologist) Evita Dūdare

(female) acoustician (a specialist in acoustics)


fiziologs

fiziologs m (1st declension, feminine form: fizioloģe)

fizioloģe (feminine)
fiziologs (nominative singular)
fiziologi (nominative plural)
fiziologa (genitive singular)
fiziologu (genitive plural)
fiziologam (dative singular)
fiziologiem (dative plural)
fiziologu (accusative singular)
fiziologus (accusative plural)
fiziologu (instrumental singular)
fiziologiem (instrumental plural)
fiziologā (locative singular)
fiziologos (locative plural)
fiziolog (singular vocative)
fiziologi (plural vocative)

(male) physiologist (a specialist in physiology)


fizioloģe

fizioloģe f (5th declension, masculine form: fiziologs)

fiziologs (masculine)
fizioloģe (nominative singular)
fizioloģes (nominative plural)
fizioloģes (genitive singular)
fizioloģu (genitive plural)
fizioloģei (dative singular)
fizioloģēm (dative plural)
fizioloģi (accusative singular)
fizioloģes (accusative plural)
fizioloģi (instrumental singular)
fizioloģēm (instrumental plural)
fizioloģē (locative singular)
fizioloģēs (locative plural)
fizioloģe (singular vocative)
fizioloģes (plural vocative)

From fiziologs (“physiologist”) + -e (“fem.”) (with palatalization of g to ģ).

suffix

(female) physiologist (a specialist in physiology)


mehāniķis

lv-noun

mehāniķis m (2nd declension, feminine form: mehāniķe)

mehāniķe (feminine)
mehāniķis (nominative singular)
mehāniķi (nominative plural)
mehāniķa (genitive singular)
mehāniķu (genitive plural)
mehāniķim (dative singular)
mehāniķiem (dative plural)
mehāniķi (accusative singular)
mehāniķus (accusative plural)
mehāniķi (instrumental singular)
mehāniķiem (instrumental plural)
mehāniķī (locative singular)
mehāniķos (locative plural)
mehāniķi (singular vocative)
mehāniķi (plural vocative)

kuģa mehāniķis

no mašīntelpas atskan mehāniķa satrauktā balss: “virzuļi izdeguši”

from the machine room came a mechanic's alarmed voice: “the pistons are burned”

(male) mechanic, operator, machinist (a specialist who follows the work of a machine)


mehāniķe

mehāniķe f (5th declension, masculine form: mehāniķis)

mehāniķis (masculine)
mehāniķe (nominative singular)
mehāniķes (nominative plural)
mehāniķes (genitive singular)
mehāniķu (genitive plural)
mehāniķei (dative singular)
mehāniķēm (dative plural)
mehāniķi (accusative singular)
mehāniķes (accusative plural)
mehāniķi (instrumental singular)
mehāniķēm (instrumental plural)
mehāniķē (locative singular)
mehāniķēs (locative plural)
mehāniķe (singular vocative)
mehāniķes (plural vocative)

From mehāniķis (“mechanic, machinist, operator”) + -e (“fem.”).

suffix

(female) mechanic, operator, machinist (a specialist who follows the work of a machine)


karavīrs

karavīrs (nominative singular)
karavīri (nominative plural)
karavīra (genitive singular)
karavīru (genitive plural)
karavīram (dative singular)
karavīriem (dative plural)
karavīru (accusative singular)
karavīrus (accusative plural)
karavīru (instrumental singular)
karavīriem (instrumental plural)
karavīrā (locative singular)
karavīros (locative plural)
karavīr (singular vocative)
karavīri (plural vocative)

From kara (“war[gen.]”) + vīrs (“man”), first mentioned in 17th-century sources.

karavīru ierinda

kļūt par karavīru

atvaļināts karavīrs

karavīru ietērps

karavīru pienākumi

soldier (a person serving in the armed forces)


kareivis

kareivis (nominative singular)
kareivji (nominative plural)
kareivja (genitive singular)
kareivju (genitive plural)
kareivim (dative singular)
kareivjiem (dative plural)
kareivi (accusative singular)
kareivjus (accusative plural)
kareivi (instrumental singular)
kareivjiem (instrumental plural)
kareivī (locative singular)
kareivjos (locative plural)
kareivi (singular vocative)
kareivji (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Lithuanian kareĩvis, introduced into Latvian by Juris Alunāns. Until the beginning of the 20th century, it meant mostly “warrior” (like German Krieger), after which it became increasingly used in the sense of “soldier” (previously expressed only by the Germanism zaldāts).

mākslas kritiķis ir kareivis, kas cīnās par mākslas progresu

the art critic is a soldier who fights for the progress of art

(figuratively) soldier, fighter (for a cause, ideal, etc.)


cīnītājs

lv-noun

cīnītājs m (1st declension, feminine form: cīnītāja)

cīnītāja (feminine)
cīnītājs (nominative singular)
cīnītāji (nominative plural)
cīnītāja (genitive singular)
cīnītāju (genitive plural)
cīnītājam (dative singular)
cīnītājiem (dative plural)
cīnītāju (accusative singular)
cīnītājus (accusative plural)
cīnītāju (instrumental singular)
cīnītājiem (instrumental plural)
cīnītājā (locative singular)
cīnītājos (locative plural)
cīnītāj (singular vocative)
cīnītāji (plural vocative)

From cīnīt(ies) (“to fight, to struggle”) + -ājs (“-er”).

suffix

miera, brīvības cīnītāji

cīnītāji pret rasu diskrimināciju

(figuratively) fighter (man who actively pursues some, usually socially important, goal)


cīnītāja

lv-noun

cīnītāja f (4th declension, masculine form: cīnītājs)

cīnītājs (masculine)
cīnītāja (nominative singular)
cīnītājas (nominative plural)
cīnītājas (genitive singular)
cīnītāju (genitive plural)
cīnītājai (dative singular)
cīnītājām (dative plural)
cīnītāju (accusative singular)
cīnītājas (accusative plural)
cīnītāju (instrumental singular)
cīnītājām (instrumental plural)
cīnītājā (locative singular)
cīnītājās (locative plural)
cīnītāja (singular vocative)
cīnītājas (plural vocative)

From cīnīt(ies) (“to fight, to struggle”) + -āja (“-er”), or cīnītājs (“fighter”) + -a (“fem.”).

suffix

drosmīga cīnītāja

(female) fighter, combattant (woman involved in armed fight, who struggles with an opponent)


zobārsts

lv-noun

zobārsts m (1st declension, feminine form: zobārste)

zobārste (feminine)
zobārsts (nominative singular)
zobārsti (nominative plural)
zobārsta (genitive singular)
zobārstu (genitive plural)
zobārstam (dative singular)
zobārstiem (dative plural)
zobārstu (accusative singular)
zobārstus (accusative plural)
zobārstu (instrumental singular)
zobārstiem (instrumental plural)
zobārstā (locative singular)
zobārstos (locative plural)
zobārst (singular vocative)
zobārsti (plural vocative)

From zobs (“tooth”) + ārsts (“doctor, physician”).

compound

divdesmito gadu sākumā Latvijā strādāja jau nepilni četri simti zobārstu

in the early 20s almost 400 dentists worked in Latvia

bija laiks, kad zobārsts, izārstējis vai izrāvis slimu zobu, varēja uzskatīt, ka pilnā mērā ir izpildījis savu pienākumu

there was a time when a dentist, treating or pulling diseased teeth, could think that he had fully complied with his duty

(male) dentist (a doctor specialized in dentistry)


zobārste

lv-noun

zobārste f (5th declension, masculine form: zobārsts)

zobārsts (masculine)
zobārste (nominative singular)
zobārstes (nominative plural)
zobārstes (genitive singular)
zobārstu (genitive plural)
zobārstei (dative singular)
zobārstēm (dative plural)
zobārsti (accusative singular)
zobārstes (accusative plural)
zobārsti (instrumental singular)
zobārstēm (instrumental plural)
zobārstē (locative singular)
zobārstēs (locative plural)
zobārste (singular vocative)
zobārstes (plural vocative)

From zobārsts (“dentist”) + -e (“fem.”).

četrstūrainas vai ovālas plāksnītes: zobārste tāda un tāda...

rectangular or oval plates: dentist such and such...

(female) dentist (a doctor specialized in dentistry)


stomatologs

stomatologs m (1st declension, feminine form: stomatoloģe)

stomatoloģe (feminine)
stomatologs (nominative singular)
stomatologi (nominative plural)
stomatologa (genitive singular)
stomatologu (genitive plural)
stomatologam (dative singular)
stomatologiem (dative plural)
stomatologu (accusative singular)
stomatologus (accusative plural)
stomatologu (instrumental singular)
stomatologiem (instrumental plural)
stomatologā (locative singular)
stomatologos (locative plural)
stomatolog (singular vocative)
stomatologi (plural vocative)

(male) stomatologist, dentist (a specialist in stomatology, dentistry)


stomatoloģe

stomatoloģe f (5th declension, masculine form: stomatologs)

stomatologs (masculine)
stomatoloģe (nominative singular)
stomatoloģes (nominative plural)
stomatoloģes (genitive singular)
stomatoloģu (genitive plural)
stomatoloģei (dative singular)
stomatoloģēm (dative plural)
stomatoloģi (accusative singular)
stomatoloģes (accusative plural)
stomatoloģi (instrumental singular)
stomatoloģēm (instrumental plural)
stomatoloģē (locative singular)
stomatoloģēs (locative plural)
stomatoloģe (singular vocative)
stomatoloģes (plural vocative)

From stomatologs (“stomatologist, dentist”) + -e (“fem.”).

suffix

(female) stomatologist, dentist (a specialist in stomatology, dentistry)


darbaļaudis

lv-noun

darbaļaudis m (6th declension, irregular gender)

gender (irregular)
darbaļaudis (nominative plural)
darbaļaužu (genitive plural)
darbaļaudīm (dative plural)
darbaļaudis (accusative plural)
darbaļaudīm (instrumental plural)
darbaļaudīs (locative plural)
darbaļaudis (plural vocative)

From darba (“work[gen.]”) + ļaudis (“people”).

compound

pilsētu darbaļaudis

darbaļaužu starptautiskās solidaritātes diena

the workers' day of international solidarity

working people, workers (people who earn their means of existence with their work)


paklājs

paklājs (nominative singular)
paklāji (nominative plural)
paklāja (genitive singular)
paklāju (genitive plural)
paklājam (dative singular)
paklājiem (dative plural)
paklāju (accusative singular)
paklājus (accusative plural)
paklāju (instrumental singular)
paklājiem (instrumental plural)
paklājā (locative singular)
paklājos (locative plural)
paklāj (singular vocative)
paklāji (plural vocative)

From pa- + klājs (“deck (of ship)”), with klājs (q.v.) being an irregular nominal form of klāt (“to cover”).

cīnas paklājs

(sports) mat (a floor covering, especially in martial arts, designed to protect the athletes from injury during training and competitions)


strēlnieks

lv-noun

strēlnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: strēlniece)

strēlniece (feminine)
strēlnieks (nominative singular)
strēlnieki (nominative plural)
strēlnieka (genitive singular)
strēlnieku (genitive plural)
strēlniekam (dative singular)
strēlniekiem (dative plural)
strēlnieku (accusative singular)
strēlniekus (accusative plural)
strēlnieku (instrumental singular)
strēlniekiem (instrumental plural)
strēlniekā (locative singular)
strēlniekos (locative plural)
strēlniek (singular vocative)
strēlnieki (plural vocative)

From strēle (“arrow, dart”) + -nieks. First mentioned in 17th-century sources, this word corresponds so well in form and meaning to Old East Slavic стрѣльникъ (strělĭnikŭ, “archer”) that it may have been a calque or borrowing.

cog

plecos stops un bultas, strēlnieks kalnos klīst

crossbow and arrows on shoulders, the archer roams in the mountains

(historical) (male) archer (warrior or hunter whose main weapon is a bow (or crossbow) and arrows)


strēlniece

lv-noun

strēlniece f (5th declension, masculine form: strēlnieks)

strēlnieks (masculine)
strēlniece (nominative singular)
strēlnieces (nominative plural)
strēlnieces (genitive singular)
strēlnieču (genitive plural)
strēlniecei (dative singular)
strēlniecēm (dative plural)
strēlnieci (accusative singular)
strēlnieces (accusative plural)
strēlnieci (instrumental singular)
strēlniecēm (instrumental plural)
strēlniecē (locative singular)
strēlniecēs (locative plural)
strēlniece (singular vocative)
strēlnieces (plural vocative)

From strēle (“arrow, dart”) + -niece, or strēlnieks (“rifleman”) + -e (“fem.”) (the latter with palatalization of k to c).

(historical) (female) archer (warrior or hunter whose main weapon is a bow (or crossbow) and arrows)


strēle

strēle (nominative singular)
strēles (nominative plural)
strēles (genitive singular)
strēļu (genitive plural)
strēlei (dative singular)
strēlēm (dative plural)
strēli (accusative singular)
strēles (accusative plural)
strēli (instrumental singular)
strēlēm (instrumental plural)
strēlē (locative singular)
strēlēs (locative plural)
strēle (singular vocative)
strēles (plural vocative)

From Proto-Indo-European *strel-, *strēl-, from *ster- (“line, streak, stripe; jet, spurt; beam”) (whence also Latvian stars (“ray, beam”), q.v.) with an extra l. The same stem also yielded the 17th-/18th-century verb strēlēt (“to shoot”), later replaced by šaut (“to shoot”). The basic meaning must have been “to scatter, to throw (around)”, from which “to shoot” and, as a nominalized form, “that which is shot”. Cognates include Lithuanian strėlė̃, strėlà (“arrow; shoot, branch; rafter”), Old Church Slavonic стрѣла (strěla), Belarusian, Bulgarian, Russian стрела́ (strelá), Ukrainian стріла́ (strilá, “arrow”), Czech střela (“arrow, projectile”), Polish strzała (“arrow”), Old High German strāla (“arrow, lightning bolt”), German Strahl (“ray, beam”).

cog

traucas kā izšauta strēle

speeding, rushing like an arrow (lit. like a shot arrow)

(chiefly figuratively) arrow, dart (projectile thrown with a bow)

pa skalu slīd strēle, norādīdama iegrimes dziļumu

along the scale the arrow moved, showing the depth of the sinking

kad Lilija pēdējo reizi paraudzījās pulkstenī, zeltītās strēles iezīmēja ceturksni uz deviņiem

when Lilija last looked at the clock, the golden arrows showed a quarter of nine

arrow (a component part that is thin and long, usually used for pointing)

pāri debesīm traucās melnas mākoņu strēles, brīžiem aizsegdamas mēnesi

across the sky rushed black cloud strips, sometimes hiding the moon

zilganas dūmu strēles peldēja pāri ievu krūmiem

bluish smoke strips floated across the cherry bushes

(of gas, fog, smoke) narrow, elongated formation, strip

līgani pagriezās celtņa strēle

(technology) jib, boom (the projecting arm of a crane)


bulta

bulta (nominative singular)
bultas (nominative plural)
bultas (genitive singular)
bultu (genitive plural)
bultai (dative singular)
bultām (dative plural)
bultu (accusative singular)
bultas (accusative plural)
bultu (instrumental singular)
bultām (instrumental plural)
bultā (locative singular)
bultās (locative plural)
bulta (singular vocative)
bultas (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Middle Low German bolte (“bolt”), or from Middle Dutch bult (“bolt”) (compare German Bolzen, English bolt), first mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries.

bultas uzgalis

bultu maks

izšaut bultu

kā bulta

arrow (long, thin projectile to be shot with a bow or crossbow)

bulta norāda uz pagrieziena virzienu

the arrow indicates the direction of the turn


zveja

zveja (nominative singular)
zvejas (genitive singular)
zvejai (dative singular)
zveju (accusative singular)
zveju (instrumental singular)
zvejā (locative singular)
zveja (singular vocative)

From Proto-Baltic *žuw- with extra suffixes -ey-ya, from the same stem as zivs (“fish”) (q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian žvejỹs.

zvejas kuģis, laiva

zvejas piederumi

zvejas tīkla pludiņi

siļķu, krabju zveja

piekrastes, krasta zveja

zemledus zveja

iet uz zveju

fishing (the catching of fish or aquatic invertebrates with various specific tools)


zvejasvieta

zvejasvieta (nominative singular)
zvejasvietas (nominative plural)
zvejasvietas (genitive singular)
zvejasvietu (genitive plural)
zvejasvietai (dative singular)
zvejasvietām (dative plural)
zvejasvietu (accusative singular)
zvejasvietas (accusative plural)
zvejasvietu (instrumental singular)
zvejasvietām (instrumental plural)
zvejasvietā (locative singular)
zvejasvietās (locative plural)
zvejasvieta (singular vocative)
zvejasvietas (plural vocative)

From zvejas (“fishing[gen.]”) + vieta (“place”).

compound

zvejasvietas Baltijas jūrā

uzbraukt uz zvejasvietu

fishing, fishing place; alternative form of zvejas vieta


zvejas vieta

zvejas vieta (nominative singular)
zvejas vietas (nominative plural)
zvejas vietas (genitive singular)
zvejas vietu (genitive plural)
zvejas vietai (dative singular)
zvejas vietām (dative plural)
zvejas vietu (accusative singular)
zvejas vietas (accusative plural)
zvejas vietu (instrumental singular)
zvejas vietām (instrumental plural)
zvejas vietā (locative singular)
zvejas vietās (locative plural)
zvejas vieta (singular vocative)
zvejas vietas (plural vocative)

zvejas vietas jāsadalot saimnieciskā līgumā

fishing places are to be divided in (accordance with) an economic agreement

zvejas vietas Baltijas jūras un Rīgas jūras līča piekrastē

fishing places on the coast of the Baltic Sea or of the Gulf of Rīga

fishing, fishery, fishing place (a place or spot on the sea, etc. where fish or other invertebrates can be caught)


zvejnieks

lv-noun

zvejnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: zvejniece)

zvejniece (feminine)
zvejnieks (nominative singular)
zvejnieki (nominative plural)
zvejnieka (genitive singular)
zvejnieku (genitive plural)
zvejniekam (dative singular)
zvejniekiem (dative plural)
zvejnieku (accusative singular)
zvejniekus (accusative plural)
zvejnieku (instrumental singular)
zvejniekiem (instrumental plural)
zvejniekā (locative singular)
zvejniekos (locative plural)
zvejniek (singular vocative)
zvejnieki (plural vocative)

zvejnieku zabāki

zvejnieku kuģis

malu zvejnieks

edge fisherman (i.e., a man who does illegal fishing)

krastā piestājušas zvejnieku motorlaivas

the fishermen's motor boats have come ashore

(male) fisherman (man whose work is fishing)


zvejniece

zvejniece f (5th declension, masculine form: zvejnieks)

zvejnieks (masculine)
zvejniece (nominative singular)
zvejnieces (nominative plural)
zvejnieces (genitive singular)
zvejnieču (genitive plural)
zvejniecei (dative singular)
zvejniecēm (dative plural)
zvejnieci (accusative singular)
zvejnieces (accusative plural)
zvejnieci (instrumental singular)
zvejniecēm (instrumental plural)
zvejniecē (locative singular)
zvejniecēs (locative plural)
zvejniece (singular vocative)
zvejnieces (plural vocative)

From zveja (“fishing”) + -niece, or zvejnieks (“fisherman”) + -e (“fem.”) (the latter with palatalization of k to c).

pērļu zvejnieces

zvejnieces dziesmiņa

(female) fisherwoman (woman whose work is fishing)


zvejniecība

zvejniecība (nominative singular)
zvejniecības (genitive singular)
zvejniecībai (dative singular)
zvejniecību (accusative singular)
zvejniecību (instrumental singular)
zvejniecībā (locative singular)
zvejniecība (singular vocative)

From zvejnieks (“fisherman”) + -ība (with zvejnieks from zveja (“fishing”) + -nieks).

malu zvejniecība

galvenā nodarbošanās Kuršu jomā bija zvejniecība

the main business of the Curonian region was fishing

tradicionāls zvejniecības rajons

fishing, the fishing industry (the economic activity of catching fish)


tulks

tulks (nominative singular)
tulki (nominative plural)
tulka (genitive singular)
tulku (genitive plural)
tulkam (dative singular)
tulkiem (dative plural)
tulku (accusative singular)
tulkus (accusative plural)
tulku (instrumental singular)
tulkiem (instrumental plural)
tulkā (locative singular)
tulkos (locative plural)
tulk (singular vocative)
tulki (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old East Slavic тълкъ (tŭlkŭ, “interpreter; interpretation, explanation”) (compare Russian толк (tolk, “sense, judgment”), толковать (tolkovatʹ, “to explain, to interpret”)). The Old East Slavic term is etymologically related to Latin loquī (“to speak”). The term was borrowed into Latvian at some point up to the 13th century and was first mentioned in 17th-century sources, already in its present form.

bor

gadījies arī bez tulka starpniecības sarunāties ar somu jūrniekiem

it happened (= was possible) also to talk with Finnish sailors without the help of an interpreter

nepieciešamība pēc tulkošanas un tulkiem radās jau sirmā senatnē

the need for translation and interpreters, translators arose already in ancient times

translator, interpreter (a person who translates texts, utterances, etc. into another language)


duraki

“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, in the plural) a certain card game


fotografēt

head

fotografēt (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present fotografēju, fotografē, fotografē, past fotografēju)

conjugation (second-person)
fotografēju (present)
fotografē (present)
fotografēju (past)
fotografēju (first-person indicative present singular)
fotografēju (first-person indicative past singular)
fotografēšu (first-person future indicative singular)
fotografē (indicative present second-person singular)
fotografēji (indicative past second-person singular)
fotografēsi (future indicative second-person singular)
fotografē (imperative second-person singular)
fotografē (indicative present singular third-person)
fotografēja (indicative past singular third-person)
fotografēs (future indicative singular third-person)
lai fotografē (imperative singular third-person)
fotografējam (first-person indicative plural present)
fotografējām (first-person indicative past plural)
fotografēsim (first-person future indicative plural)
fotografēsim (first-person imperative plural)
fotografējat (indicative plural present second-person)
fotografējāt (indicative past plural second-person)
fotografēsiet (future indicative plural second-person)
fotografēsit (future indicative plural second-person)
fotografējiet (imperative plural second-person)
fotografē (indicative plural present third-person)
fotografēja (indicative past plural third-person)
fotografēs (future indicative plural third-person)
lai fotografē (imperative plural third-person)
fotografējot (present renarrative)
fotografējošs (active adjectival participle participle-1 present)
esot fotografējis (past renarrative)
fotografēdams (active adverbial participle participle-2 present)
fotografēšot (future renarrative)
fotografējot (active adverbial participle participle-3 present)
lai fotografējot (imperative)
fotografējam (active participle participle-4 present)
fotografējis (active participle past)
fotografētu (conditional present)
fotografējams (participle passive present)
būtu fotografējis (conditional past)
fotografēts (participle passive past)
jāfotografē (debitive indicative)
būt jāfotografē (debitive indicative)
fotografēt (infinitive)
esot jāfotografē (conjunctive conjunctive-1 debitive)
nefotografēt (infinitive negative)
jāfotografējot (conjunctive conjunctive-2 debitive)
fotografēšana (noun-from-verb)

Via some other European language, ultimately a modern coinage based on Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”) (combining form φωτ- (phōt-)) and γράφω (gráphō, “to scratch, to scrape, to graze; to write”).

fotografēt augus, dzīvniekus

mācīties fotografēt

to learn how to take pictures, to learn photography

sveiks, Edik! nāku tevi fotografēt goda plāksnei

hi, Ediks! I'm coming to photograph you for an honorary plaque

to photograph, to take a photograph, a picture (to capture an image with a photographic camera)


sniega arkls

sniega arkls (nominative singular)
sniega arkli (nominative plural)
sniega arkla (genitive singular)
sniega arklu (genitive plural)
sniega arklam (dative singular)
sniega arkliem (dative plural)
sniega arklu (accusative singular)
sniega arklus (accusative plural)
sniega arklu (instrumental singular)
sniega arkliem (instrumental plural)
sniega arklā (locative singular)
sniega arklos (locative plural)
sniega arkl (singular vocative)
sniega arkli (plural vocative)

jaudīgs, rotējošs sniega arkls

snow plow (US), snow plough (UK) (device for removing snow)


reģistrators

lv-noun

reģistrators m (1st declension, feminine form: reģistratore)

reģistratore (feminine)
reģistrators (nominative singular)
reģistratori (nominative plural)
reģistratora (genitive singular)
reģistratoru (genitive plural)
reģistratoram (dative singular)
reģistratoriem (dative plural)
reģistratoru (accusative singular)
reģistratorus (accusative plural)
reģistratoru (instrumental singular)
reģistratoriem (instrumental plural)
reģistratorā (locative singular)
reģistratoros (locative plural)
reģistrator (singular vocative)
reģistratori (plural vocative)

Via some other European language, ultimately from Medieval Latin registro (see reģistrs), apparently with the agent suffix -(a)tor.

tu varētu iekārtot mani sanitārajā bataljonā par reģistratoru

you could provide me in the sanitary battalion with a record keeper

(male) registrar, record keeper; hospital or polyclinic receptionist (official in charge of registration, or of keeping records)


reģistratore

reģistratore f (5th declension, masculine form: reģistrators)

reģistrators (masculine)
reģistratore (nominative singular)
reģistratores (nominative plural)
reģistratores (genitive singular)
reģistratoru (genitive plural)
reģistratorei (dative singular)
reģistratorēm (dative plural)
reģistratori (accusative singular)
reģistratores (accusative plural)
reģistratori (instrumental singular)
reģistratorēm (instrumental plural)
reģistratorē (locative singular)
reģistratorēs (locative plural)
reģistratore (singular vocative)
reģistratores (plural vocative)

From reģistrators (“record keeper”) + -e (“[fem.]”).

suffix

pārceļu jūs par reģistratori vēstuļu nodaļā

I am promoting you to record keeper in the letters department

sanitāre ambulancē reizē arī pilda reģistratores pienākumus

the (female) medical worker in an ambulance sometimes also fulfills the duties of a receptionist (i.e., to check in a patient)

(female) registrar, record keeper; hospital or polyclinic receptionist (official in charge of registration, or of keeping records)


fotogrāfija

fotogrāfija (nominative singular)
fotogrāfijas (nominative plural)
fotogrāfijas (genitive singular)
fotogrāfiju (genitive plural)
fotogrāfijai (dative singular)
fotogrāfijām (dative plural)
fotogrāfiju (accusative singular)
fotogrāfijas (accusative plural)
fotogrāfiju (instrumental singular)
fotogrāfijām (instrumental plural)
fotogrāfijā (locative singular)
fotogrāfijās (locative plural)
fotogrāfija (singular vocative)
fotogrāfijas (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Russian фотогра́фія (fotográfija), ultimately a modern coinage based on Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”) (combining form φωτ- (phōt-)) and γράφω (gráphō, “to scratch, to scrape, to graze; to write”) + -ija.

fotogrāfija ir optisku, mehānisku, elektrisku un ķīmisku procesu komplekss

photography is a complex of optical, mechanical, electrical and chemical processes

(usually in the singular) photography (the technique of making pictures with a camera)

šodien fotogrāfija izaugusi par pastāvīgu mākslu

today, photography has grown into an independent (form of) art

(usually in the singular) photography (the art and craft of photograph and image making)


fotogrāfs

lv-noun

fotogrāfs m (1st declension, feminine form: fotogrāfe)

fotogrāfe (feminine)
fotogrāfs (nominative singular)
fotogrāfi (nominative plural)
fotogrāfa (genitive singular)
fotogrāfu (genitive plural)
fotogrāfam (dative singular)
fotogrāfiem (dative plural)
fotogrāfu (accusative singular)
fotogrāfus (accusative plural)
fotogrāfu (instrumental singular)
fotogrāfiem (instrumental plural)
fotogrāfā (locative singular)
fotogrāfos (locative plural)
fotogrāf (singular vocative)
fotogrāfi (plural vocative)

redakcijas fotogrāfs

mākslas fotogrāfs

doties pie fotogrāfa

mācīties par fotogrāfu

Pavločevs turēja rokās stūri tik cītīgi, it ka pozētu fotogrāfam

Pavločevs held the steering wheel tight in his hands, as if posing to a photographer

mūsu fotogrāfi aizvien biežāk rīko portretu izstādes

our photographers are organizing portrait exhibitions increasingly more often

(male) photographer (man who takes photographs, typically as an occupation; a specialist in photography)


fotogrāfe

fotogrāfe m (1st declension, masculine form: fotogrāfs)

fotogrāfs (masculine)
fotogrāfe (nominative singular)
fotogrāfes (nominative plural)
fotogrāfes (genitive singular)
fotogrāfu (genitive plural)
fotogrāfei (dative singular)
fotogrāfēm (dative plural)
fotogrāfi (accusative singular)
fotogrāfes (accusative plural)
fotogrāfi (instrumental singular)
fotogrāfēm (instrumental plural)
fotogrāfē (locative singular)
fotogrāfēs (locative plural)
fotogrāfe (singular vocative)
fotogrāfes (plural vocative)

From fotogrāfs (“photographer”) + -e (“[fem.]”).

suffix

putnu fotogrāfe Selga Bērziņa no Liepājas iemūžinājusi putnus savas mājas dārzā, kur iekārtojusi putnu barotavu

the bird photographer Selga Bērziņa from Liepāja has immortalized the birds in her house garden, which she decorated with bird feeders

(female) photographer (woman who takes photographs, typically as an occupation; a specialist in photography)


apavnieks

lv-noun

apavnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: apavniece)

apavniece (feminine)
apavnieks (nominative singular)
apavnieki (nominative plural)
apavnieka (genitive singular)
apavnieku (genitive plural)
apavniekam (dative singular)
apavniekiem (dative plural)
apavnieku (accusative singular)
apavniekus (accusative plural)
apavnieku (instrumental singular)
apavniekiem (instrumental plural)
apavniekā (locative singular)
apavniekos (locative plural)
apavniek (singular vocative)
apavnieki (plural vocative)

profesionāli tehniskā skola šogad dos 200 frizieru, apavnieku, pulksteņlabotāju un elektrisko sadzīves priekšmetu remontatslēdznieku

this year, the professional technical school will form (lit. give) 200 barbers, shoemakers, watchmakers and household appliances repairmen


apavniece

apavniece m (1st declension, masculine form: apavnieks)

apavnieks (masculine)
apavniece (nominative singular)
apavnieces (nominative plural)
apavnieces (genitive singular)
apavnieču (genitive plural)
apavniecei (dative singular)
apavniecēm (dative plural)
apavnieci (accusative singular)
apavnieces (accusative plural)
apavnieci (instrumental singular)
apavniecēm (instrumental plural)
apavniecē (locative singular)
apavniecēs (locative plural)
apavniece (singular vocative)
apavnieces (plural vocative)

From apavs (“footwear”) + -niece, or apavnieks (“cobbler, shoemaker”) + -e (“[fem.]”) (with palatalization of k to c).


kurpnieks

lv-noun

kurpnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: kurpniece)

kurpniece (feminine)
kurpnieks (nominative singular)
kurpnieki (nominative plural)
kurpnieka (genitive singular)
kurpnieku (genitive plural)
kurpniekam (dative singular)
kurpniekiem (dative plural)
kurpnieku (accusative singular)
kurpniekus (accusative plural)
kurpnieku (instrumental singular)
kurpniekiem (instrumental plural)
kurpniekā (locative singular)
kurpniekos (locative plural)
kurpniek (singular vocative)
kurpnieki (plural vocative)

From kurpe (“shoe”) + -nieks. An old formation, it was the example on the basis of which J. Alunāns suggested using the suffix -nieks more broadly to derive names of craftsmen.

kurpnieku darbnīca

kurpnieku meistars, māceklis

viņa skatījās uz manām kurpēm un teica, ka būšot drīz jau cauras, vajagot pie laika dot kurpniekam

she looked at my shoes and said that they would soon have holes and (that) it would be necessary to take (lit. give) them to the cobbler's

(male) cobbler, shoemaker (craftsman who makes or repairs shoes, boots, sandals and other footwear)


kurpniece

kurpniece f (5th declension, masculine form: kurpnieks)

kurpnieks (masculine)
kurpniece (nominative singular)
kurpnieces (nominative plural)
kurpnieces (genitive singular)
kurpnieču (genitive plural)
kurpniecei (dative singular)
kurpniecēm (dative plural)
kurpnieci (accusative singular)
kurpnieces (accusative plural)
kurpnieci (instrumental singular)
kurpniecēm (instrumental plural)
kurpniecē (locative singular)
kurpniecēs (locative plural)
kurpniece (singular vocative)
kurpnieces (plural vocative)

From kurpe (“shoe”) + -niece, or kurpnieks (“cobbler, shoemaker”) + -e (“[fem.]”) (with palatalization of k to c).

suffix

par kurpnieci nostrādājusi jau ilgus gadus un ne reizi nav nožēlojusi, ka izvēlējusies šo sievietei neparasto amatu

she had worked many years as a (female) cobbler and not once did she regret having chosen a profession so unusual for a woman


karaliene

lv-noun

karaliene f (5th declension, masculine form: karalis)

karalis (masculine)
karaliene (nominative singular)
karalienes (nominative plural)
karalienes (genitive singular)
karalieņu (genitive plural)
karalienei (dative singular)
karalienēm (dative plural)
karalieni (accusative singular)
karalienes (accusative plural)
karalieni (instrumental singular)
karalienēm (instrumental plural)
karalienē (locative singular)
karalienēs (locative plural)
karaliene (singular vocative)
karalienes (plural vocative)

Skotijas, Īrijas un Anglijas karaliene Marija II Stjuarta

the queen of Scotland, Ireland and England, Mary II Stuart

karaliene Kristīne

queen (female monarch of a kingdom; her title)

skaistuma karaliene

sporta karaliene

dziedoņu karaliene: lakstīgala

the queen of singers (= songbirds): the nightingale

queen (the most important, influential or outstanding woman or female being in a group)


ķēniņš

ķēniņš m (1st declension, feminine form: ķēniņiene)

ķēniņiene (feminine)
ķēniņš (nominative singular)
ķēniņi (nominative plural)
ķēniņa (genitive singular)
ķēniņu (genitive plural)
ķēniņam (dative singular)
ķēniņiem (dative plural)
ķēniņu (accusative singular)
ķēniņus (accusative plural)
ķēniņu (instrumental singular)
ķēniņiem (instrumental plural)
ķēniņā (locative singular)
ķēniņos (locative plural)
ķēniņ (singular vocative)
ķēniņi (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Middle Low German könink (“king”), or from Middle Dutch coninc (“ruler”) (cf. German König, Dutch koning, English king), parallel forms to Middle Low German kunig (whence Latvian kungs (“lord, sir, Mr.”), q.v.). The word was borrowed during the 17th century, in different forms, depending on dialect: konings, koniņš > archaic ķoniņš; kēnings > ķēniņš. The form ķēniņš stabilized in the 18th century. Nowadays, except for a few expressions, ķēniņš has largely been replaced by its synonym karalis (q.v.).

kungs un kēniņš

lord and king (expression used to address a king)

būt kungam un kēniņam

to be lord and king (to be the absolute chief)

zvēru kēniņš

kēniņa pils

ik vakarus ministrs ziņoja, ka viss kārtībā, un neviena ļauna skaņa neaizskāra kēniņa ausis

every evening the minister reported that everything (was) fine, and no bad sounds reached the king's ears

pašreizīgas saimnieks varēja būt pilnīgs kungs un kēniņš savā namā, savā zemē

the current owner could be fully lord and king in his own house, in his own land


ķeizars

ķeizars m (1st declension, feminine form: ķeizariene)

ķeizariene (feminine)
ķeizars (nominative singular)
ķeizari (nominative plural)
ķeizara (genitive singular)
ķeizaru (genitive plural)
ķeizaram (dative singular)
ķeizariem (dative plural)
ķeizaru (accusative singular)
ķeizarus (accusative plural)
ķeizaru (instrumental singular)
ķeizariem (instrumental plural)
ķeizarā (locative singular)
ķeizaros (locative plural)
ķeizar (singular vocative)
ķeizari (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old High German keisar (“emperor”), itself a borrowing from Latin Caesar.

ķeizara galms

ķeizara armija

kronēt par ķeizaru

būt kungam un ķeizaram

to be lord and emperor (i.e., to be the absolute chief)

vācu ķeizeram Kārlim V bijuši vairāki desmiti kroņu, cits par citu skaistāks

the German emperor Charles V had several dozen (lit. tens) crowns, each more beautiful than the other

emperor (the monarch of an empire; the title of this monarch), especially the German or Austrian kaiser


imperators

imperators m (1st declension, feminine form: imperatore)

imperators (canonical masculine)
imperatrise (canonical)
imperatore (feminine)
imperators (nominative singular)
imperatori (nominative plural)
imperatora (genitive singular)
imperatoru (genitive plural)
imperatoram (dative singular)
imperatoriem (dative plural)
imperatoru (accusative singular)
imperatorus (accusative plural)
imperatoru (instrumental singular)
imperatoriem (instrumental plural)
imperatorā (locative singular)
imperatoros (locative plural)
imperator (singular vocative)
imperatori (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin imperātor (“emperor, commander, general”).

bor

Romas impērijas imperators Diokletiāns

imperators ir impērijā valdoša monarha tituls

emperor is the title of a monarch that rules in an empire

parks un ezers kādreiz kalpojuši tikai imperatoru izpriecām

the park and the lake always served only the pleasure of the emperors

emperor (male monarch of an empire; his title)


ķeizariene

lv-noun

ķeizariene f (5th declension, masculine form: ķeizars)

ķeizars (masculine)
ķeizariene (nominative singular)
ķeizarienes (nominative plural)
ķeizarienes (genitive singular)
ķeizarieņu (genitive plural)
ķeizarienei (dative singular)
ķeizarienēm (dative plural)
ķeizarieni (accusative singular)
ķeizarienes (accusative plural)
ķeizarieni (instrumental singular)
ķeizarienēm (instrumental plural)
ķeizarienē (locative singular)
ķeizarienēs (locative plural)
ķeizariene (singular vocative)
ķeizarienes (plural vocative)

From ķeizars (“emperor”) + -iene (“fem.”).

1730. gadā Krievijas ķeizariene Anna Ivanovna apmeklēja Rīgu

in 1730 the Empress of Russia, Anna Ivanovna, visited Rīga

empress (female ruler of an empire; her title; syn. imperatore)

Austrijas ķeizariene Zita

empress (wife of an emperor; syn. imperatrise)


imperatrise

imperatrise f (5th declension, masculine form: imperators)

imperators (masculine)
imperatrise (nominative singular)
imperatrises (nominative plural)
imperatrises (genitive singular)
imperatrišu (genitive plural)
imperatrisei (dative singular)
imperatrisēm (dative plural)
imperatrisi (accusative singular)
imperatrises (accusative plural)
imperatrisi (instrumental singular)
imperatrisēm (instrumental plural)
imperatrisē (locative singular)
imperatrisēs (locative plural)
imperatrise (singular vocative)
imperatrises (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin imperātrīx (“female ruler”).

Krievijas imperatrise Aleksandra Fjodorovna

the empress of Russia, Aleksandra Fjodorovna (Nicholas II's wife)


cariene

cariene f (5th declension, masculine form: cars)

cars (masculine)
cariene (nominative singular)
carienes (nominative plural)
carienes (genitive singular)
carieņu (genitive plural)
carienei (dative singular)
carienēm (dative plural)
carieni (accusative singular)
carienes (accusative plural)
carieni (instrumental singular)
carienēm (instrumental plural)
carienē (locative singular)
carienēs (locative plural)
cariene (singular vocative)
carienes (plural vocative)

cara Ivana Bargā sieva, cariene Vasilisa Melentjeva

tsar Ivan the Terrible's wife, tsarina Vasilisa Melentjeva


ķēniņiene

ķēniņiene m (1st declension, masculine form: ķēniņš)

ķēniņš (masculine)
ķēniņiene (nominative singular)
ķēniņienes (nominative plural)
ķēniņienes (genitive singular)
ķēniņieņu (genitive plural)
ķēniņienei (dative singular)
ķēniņienēm (dative plural)
ķēniņieni (accusative singular)
ķēniņienes (accusative plural)
ķēniņieni (instrumental singular)
ķēniņienēm (instrumental plural)
ķēniņienē (locative singular)
ķēniņienēs (locative plural)
ķēniņiene (singular vocative)
ķēniņienes (plural vocative)

ziema nu valdīja kā īsta ķēniņiene

Esi tādēļ tu mans ķēniņš, es būšu tava ķēniņiene

be now my king, (and) I will be your queen

(dated) queen (the female monarch of a kingdom; the wife of a king)


pavēlnieks

pavēlnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: pavēlniece)

pavēlniece (feminine)
pavēlnieks (nominative singular)
pavēlnieki (nominative plural)
pavēlnieka (genitive singular)
pavēlnieku (genitive plural)
pavēlniekam (dative singular)
pavēlniekiem (dative plural)
pavēlnieku (accusative singular)
pavēlniekus (accusative plural)
pavēlnieku (instrumental singular)
pavēlniekiem (instrumental plural)
pavēlniekā (locative singular)
pavēlniekos (locative plural)
pavēlniek (singular vocative)
pavēlnieki (plural vocative)

From pavēle (“command, order”) + -nieks.

armijas pavēlnieks

flotes pavēlnieks

rudenī viņš kļuva par Dienvidurālu kara apgabala pavēlnieku

in the fall he became the commander of the Southern Ural Military District

(military) (male) commander (man who leads a military unit, a military installation, or even one of the armed forces)


pavēlniece

pavēlniece f (5th declension, masculine form: pavēlnieks)

pavēlnieks (masculine)
pavēlniece (nominative singular)
pavēlnieces (nominative plural)
pavēlnieces (genitive singular)
pavēlnieču (genitive plural)
pavēlniecei (dative singular)
pavēlniecēm (dative plural)
pavēlnieci (accusative singular)
pavēlnieces (accusative plural)
pavēlnieci (instrumental singular)
pavēlniecēm (instrumental plural)
pavēlniecē (locative singular)
pavēlniecēs (locative plural)
pavēlniece (singular vocative)
pavēlnieces (plural vocative)

From pavēle (“order, command”) + -niece, or pavēlnieks (“master, commander”) + -e (“fem.”) (the latter with palatalization of k to c).


tirgonis

lv-noun

tirgonis m (2nd declension, masculine form: tirgone)

tirgone (masculine)
tirgonis (nominative singular)
tirgoņi (nominative plural)
tirgoņa (genitive singular)
tirgoņu (genitive plural)
tirgonim (dative singular)
tirgoņiem (dative plural)
tirgoni (accusative singular)
tirgoņus (accusative plural)
tirgoni (instrumental singular)
tirgoņiem (instrumental plural)
tirgonī (locative singular)
tirgoņos (locative plural)
tirgoni (singular vocative)
tirgoņi (plural vocative)

From tirgus (“market”) + -onis + -tirg(us).

ielās Singapūrā daudz veikalu un tirgoņu

on the streets in Singapore there are many shops and merchants, dealers

es savā laikā taisījos tevi mācīt tirgoņa amatā

in my free time I will make myself teach you the office of merchant, trader

pie savām kastēm, kas uzliktas vienkārši uz ratiem, stāv saldējumu tirgoņi

next to their cases, which were placed simply on the cart, were the ice cream dealers

merchant, dealer, trader (a man who works in commerce, who sells and buys goods)


tirgone

tirgone f (5th declension, masculine form: tirgonis)

tirgonis (masculine)
tirgone (nominative singular)
tirgones (nominative plural)
tirgones (genitive singular)
tirgoņu (genitive plural)
tirgonei (dative singular)
tirgonēm (dative plural)
tirgoni (accusative singular)
tirgones (accusative plural)
tirgoni (instrumental singular)
tirgonēm (instrumental plural)
tirgonē (locative singular)
tirgonēs (locative plural)
tirgone (singular vocative)
tirgones (plural vocative)

From tirgus (“market”) + -one, or from tirgonis (“merchant”) + -e (“fem.”).

arī kartupeļu tirgones raud

dvēseles tirgone

(female) merchant, dealer, trader (a woman who works in commerce, who sells and buys goods)


tirgotājs

tirgotājs m (2nd declension, feminine form: tirgotāja)

tirgotāja (feminine)
tirgotājs (nominative singular)
tirgotāji (nominative plural)
tirgotāja (genitive singular)
tirgotāju (genitive plural)
tirgotājam (dative singular)
tirgotājiem (dative plural)
tirgotāju (accusative singular)
tirgotājus (accusative plural)
tirgotāju (instrumental singular)
tirgotājiem (instrumental plural)
tirgotājā (locative singular)
tirgotājos (locative plural)
tirgotāj (singular vocative)
tirgotāji (plural vocative)

From tirg(ot) (“to deal, to trade”) + -ājs.

zivju tirgotājs

labības, gaļas tirgotājs

ieroču tirgotājs

ielu tirgotājs

vergu tirgotāji

pēc sabuļu ādām uz seno Krievzemi brauca senās Grieķijas, Romas un arābu tirgotāji

ancient Greek, Roman and Arabic traders, merchants traveled to ancient Rus (looking) for sable skins

par tādām kleitām tirgotājs prasīja sudraba rubli gabalā

for such dresses the dealer asked one silver ruble apiece


tirgotāja

tirgotāja f (4th declension, masculine form: tirgotājs)

tirgotājs (masculine)
tirgotāja (nominative singular)
tirgotājas (nominative plural)
tirgotājas (genitive singular)
tirgotāju (genitive plural)
tirgotājai (dative singular)
tirgotājām (dative plural)
tirgotāju (accusative singular)
tirgotājas (accusative plural)
tirgotāju (instrumental singular)
tirgotājām (instrumental plural)
tirgotājā (locative singular)
tirgotājās (locative plural)
tirgotāja (singular vocative)
tirgotājas (plural vocative)

From tirgot (“to deal, to trade”) + -āja (“-er”), or tirgotājs (“trader, dealer, merchant”) + -a (“fem.”).


sermuļāda

sermuļāda (nominative singular)
sermuļādas (nominative plural)
sermuļādas (genitive singular)
sermuļādu (genitive plural)
sermuļādai (dative singular)
sermuļādām (dative plural)
sermuļādu (accusative singular)
sermuļādas (accusative plural)
sermuļādu (instrumental singular)
sermuļādām (instrumental plural)
sermuļādā (locative singular)
sermuļādās (locative plural)
sermuļāda (singular vocative)
sermuļādas (plural vocative)

From sermuļa (“stoat, ermine[gen.]”) + āda (“skin, fur”).

compound

sermuļādas apmetnis


caunāda

caunāda (nominative singular)
caunādas (nominative plural)
caunādas (genitive singular)
caunādu (genitive plural)
caunādai (dative singular)
caunādām (dative plural)
caunādu (accusative singular)
caunādas (accusative plural)
caunādu (instrumental singular)
caunādām (instrumental plural)
caunādā (locative singular)
caunādās (locative plural)
caunāda (singular vocative)
caunādas (plural vocative)

From caunas (“marten[gen.]”) + āda (“skin”).

caunādas cepure, kažoks

skolotāja Zālīte piespiež pieri pie šaurās, mīkstās caunādas apkakles

teacher Zālīte pressed her forehead against the narrow, soft marten (fur) collar


galdnieks

lv-noun

galdnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: galdniece)

galdniece (feminine)
galdnieks (nominative singular)
galdnieki (nominative plural)
galdnieka (genitive singular)
galdnieku (genitive plural)
galdniekam (dative singular)
galdniekiem (dative plural)
galdnieku (accusative singular)
galdniekus (accusative plural)
galdnieku (instrumental singular)
galdniekiem (instrumental plural)
galdniekā (locative singular)
galdniekos (locative plural)
galdniek (singular vocative)
galdnieki (plural vocative)

prasmīgs galdnieks

galdnieka amats

galdnieka darbs

galdnieka darbnīca

galdnieka darba rīki

galdnieku līme

carpenter's glue (for gluing wooden objects)

Jānis pēc pagastskolas beigšanas sāka mācīties par galdnieku

John, after finishing the parrish school, began to learn to be a carpenter

tagad strādāja tikai galdnieks, kur galīgi nobeidza būvi

now only a carptenter was working, who finished the building

(male) carpenter (craftsman who works on wood, making objects from it)


galdniece

galdniece f (5th declension, masculine form: galdnieks)

galdnieks (masculine)
galdniece (nominative singular)
galdnieces (nominative plural)
galdnieces (genitive singular)
galdnieču (genitive plural)
galdniecei (dative singular)
galdniecēm (dative plural)
galdnieci (accusative singular)
galdnieces (accusative plural)
galdnieci (instrumental singular)
galdniecēm (instrumental plural)
galdniecē (locative singular)
galdniecēs (locative plural)
galdniece (singular vocative)
galdnieces (plural vocative)

From galds (“table”) + -niece, or galdnieks (“carpenter”) + -e (“fem.”) (the latter with palatalization of k to c).

meitene - mēbeļu galdniece

žēl, ka neesmu galdniece

a pity that I'm not a (female) carpenter

Lilita Vitrupe, galdniece no Spuņciema

Lilita Vitrupe, a female carpenter from Spuņciems


tirdzinieks

tirdzinieks m (1st declension, feminine form: tirdziniece)

tirdziniece (feminine)
tirdzinieks (nominative singular)
tirdzinieki (nominative plural)
tirdzinieka (genitive singular)
tirdzinieku (genitive plural)
tirdziniekam (dative singular)
tirdziniekiem (dative plural)
tirdzinieku (accusative singular)
tirdziniekus (accusative plural)
tirdzinieku (instrumental singular)
tirdziniekiem (instrumental plural)
tirdziniekā (locative singular)
tirdziniekos (locative plural)
tirdziniek (singular vocative)
tirdzinieki (plural vocative)

From tirg(us) (“market”) + -inieks, with palatalization of g to dz.

tirdzinieku letes

pirms katriem lielākiem svētkiem Gulbenē no visām pasaules malām sabrauca tirdzinieki

before every major holiday merchants arrived to Gulbene from all over the world

trader, dealer, merchant (a person, a man who buys and sells in a marketplace)


tirdziniece

tirdziniece f (5th declension, masculine form: tirdzinieks)

tirdzinieks (masculine)
tirdziniece (nominative singular)
tirdzinieces (nominative plural)
tirdzinieces (genitive singular)
tirdzinieču (genitive plural)
tirdziniecei (dative singular)
tirdziniecēm (dative plural)
tirdzinieci (accusative singular)
tirdzinieces (accusative plural)
tirdzinieci (instrumental singular)
tirdziniecēm (instrumental plural)
tirdziniecē (locative singular)
tirdziniecēs (locative plural)
tirdziniece (singular vocative)
tirdzinieces (plural vocative)

From tirg(us) (“market”) + -iniece, or from tirdzinieks (“merchant”) + -e (“fem.”).

tirdziniece Ruta Paņkina atzīst, ka gaileņu šogad mežos maz

(female) dealer Ruta Paņkina admits that there are few chanterelle mushrooms in the forests this year

(female) merchant, dealer, trader (a woman who buys and sells in a marketplace)


centrēt

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centrēt (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present centrēju, centrē, centrē, past centrēju)

conjugation (second-person)
centrēju (present)
centrē (present)
centrēju (past)
centrēju (first-person indicative present singular)
centrēju (first-person indicative past singular)
centrēšu (first-person future indicative singular)
centrē (indicative present second-person singular)
centrēji (indicative past second-person singular)
centrēsi (future indicative second-person singular)
centrē (imperative second-person singular)
centrē (indicative present singular third-person)
centrēja (indicative past singular third-person)
centrēs (future indicative singular third-person)
lai centrē (imperative singular third-person)
centrējam (first-person indicative plural present)
centrējām (first-person indicative past plural)
centrēsim (first-person future indicative plural)
centrēsim (first-person imperative plural)
centrējat (indicative plural present second-person)
centrējāt (indicative past plural second-person)
centrēsiet (future indicative plural second-person)
centrēsit (future indicative plural second-person)
centrējiet (imperative plural second-person)
centrē (indicative plural present third-person)
centrēja (indicative past plural third-person)
centrēs (future indicative plural third-person)
lai centrē (imperative plural third-person)
centrējot (present renarrative)
centrējošs (active adjectival participle participle-1 present)
esot centrējis (past renarrative)
centrēdams (active adverbial participle participle-2 present)
centrēšot (future renarrative)
centrējot (active adverbial participle participle-3 present)
lai centrējot (imperative)
centrējam (active participle participle-4 present)
centrējis (active participle past)
centrētu (conditional present)
centrējams (participle passive present)
būtu centrējis (conditional past)
centrēts (participle passive past)
jācentrē (debitive indicative)
būt jācentrē (debitive indicative)
centrēt (infinitive)
esot jācentrē (conjunctive conjunctive-1 debitive)
necentrēt (infinitive negative)
jācentrējot (conjunctive conjunctive-2 debitive)
centrēšana (noun-from-verb)

From centrs, made into a 2nd-conjugation verb (ending -ēt).

(sports) to send the ball back to the center of the field


emīrs

emīrs (nominative singular)
emīri (nominative plural)
emīra (genitive singular)
emīru (genitive plural)
emīram (dative singular)
emīriem (dative plural)
emīru (accusative singular)
emīrus (accusative plural)
emīru (instrumental singular)
emīriem (instrumental plural)
emīrā (locative singular)
emīros (locative plural)
emīr (singular vocative)
emīri (plural vocative)

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”).

bor

Buhāras emīrs

iegūt emīra titulu

līdz slimnīcas atklāšanai Buhārā bija tikai pieci ārsti, pie kam trīs no tiem rūpējās par pašu emīru un viņa tuviniekiem

until the opening of the hospital in Bukhara there were only five doctors, of which three cared for the emir and his relatives

emir (a prince, commander or ruler in an Islamic country)


sultāns

sultāns (nominative singular)
sultāni (nominative plural)
sultāna (genitive singular)
sultānu (genitive plural)
sultānam (dative singular)
sultāniem (dative plural)
sultānu (accusative singular)
sultānus (accusative plural)
sultānu (instrumental singular)
sultāniem (instrumental plural)
sultānā (locative singular)
sultānos (locative plural)
sultān (singular vocative)
sultāni (plural vocative)

Via other European languages (compare French sultan, German Sultan), ultimately borrowed from Turkish sultan, itself from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān), apparently from Aramaic [script needed] (šultānā, “strength, power, authority”).

der

sultāna pils

Osmaņu impērijas sultāns

tas notika toreiz, kad es viesojos pie turku sultāna

this happened at the time when I was visiting the Turkish Sultan

sultan (hereditary ruler in certain Muslim states called sultanates)


mazgātājs

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mazgātājs m (1st declension, feminine form: mazgātāja)

mazgātāja (feminine)
mazgātājs (nominative singular)
mazgātāji (nominative plural)
mazgātāja (genitive singular)
mazgātāju (genitive plural)
mazgātājam (dative singular)
mazgātājiem (dative plural)
mazgātāju (accusative singular)
mazgātājus (accusative plural)
mazgātāju (instrumental singular)
mazgātājiem (instrumental plural)
mazgātājā (locative singular)
mazgātājos (locative plural)
mazgātāj (singular vocative)
mazgātāji (plural vocative)

augstspiediena mazgātāji

washer (machine, instrument used for washing)


mazgātāja

mazgātāja f (4th declension, masculine form: mazgātājs)

mazgātājs (masculine)
mazgātāja (nominative singular)
mazgātājas (nominative plural)
mazgātājas (genitive singular)
mazgātāju (genitive plural)
mazgātājai (dative singular)
mazgātājām (dative plural)
mazgātāju (accusative singular)
mazgātājas (accusative plural)
mazgātāju (instrumental singular)
mazgātājām (instrumental plural)
mazgātājā (locative singular)
mazgātājās (locative plural)
mazgātāja (singular vocative)
mazgātājas (plural vocative)

From mazgāt (“to wash”) + -āja, or mazgātājs (“washer”) + -a (“fem.”).

naktssargs un veļas mazgātāja

(female) washer, laundress (woman who washes, especially clothes)


konsultante

konsultante f (5th declension, masculine form: konsultants)

konsultants (masculine)
konsultante (nominative singular)
konsultantes (nominative plural)
konsultantes (genitive singular)
konsultanšu (genitive plural)
konsultantei (dative singular)
konsultantēm (dative plural)
konsultanti (accusative singular)
konsultantes (accusative plural)
konsultanti (instrumental singular)
konsultantēm (instrumental plural)
konsultantē (locative singular)
konsultantēs (locative plural)
konsultante (singular vocative)
konsultantes (plural vocative)


akadēmiķis

akadēmiķis m (2nd declension, feminine form: akadēmiķe)

akadēmiķe (feminine)
akadēmiķis (nominative singular)
akadēmiķi (nominative plural)
akadēmiķa (genitive singular)
akadēmiķu (genitive plural)
akadēmiķim (dative singular)
akadēmiķiem (dative plural)
akadēmiķi (accusative singular)
akadēmiķus (accusative plural)
akadēmiķi (instrumental singular)
akadēmiķiem (instrumental plural)
akadēmiķī (locative singular)
akadēmiķos (locative plural)
akadēmiķi (singular vocative)
akadēmiķi (plural vocative)

notika Latvijas Zinātņu Akadēmijas pilnsapulce, kurā ievēlēja jaunus akadēmiķus un korespondētājlocekļus

there was a full meeting of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, in which the new academicians and corresponding members were chosen

laikrakstos izsludināta kandidātu izvirzīšana akadēmiķu vēlēšanām

in the newspapers, they are calling for nominations for the election of academicians

(male) academician (a full member of an academy, of a learned society)


akadēmiķe

akadēmiķe (nominative singular)
akadēmiķes (nominative plural)
akadēmiķes (genitive singular)
akadēmiķu (genitive plural)
akadēmiķei (dative singular)
akadēmiķēm (dative plural)
akadēmiķi (accusative singular)
akadēmiķes (accusative plural)
akadēmiķi (instrumental singular)
akadēmiķēm (instrumental plural)
akadēmiķē (locative singular)
akadēmiķēs (locative plural)
akadēmiķe (singular vocative)
akadēmiķes (plural vocative)

From akadēmiķis (“academician”) + -e (“fem.”).

suffix

Latvijas Zinātņu Akadēmijas akadēmiķe, profesore Baiba Rivža

Latvian Academy of Sciences member (lit. academician), professor Baiba Rivža

(female) academician (a full member of an academy, of a learned society)


rezultatīvs

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rezultatīvs (definite rezultatīvais, comparative rezultatīvāks, superlative visrezultatīvākais, adverb rezultatīvi)

rezultatīvais (definite)
rezultatīvāks (comparative)
visrezultatīvākais (superlative)
rezultatīvi (adverb)
rezultatīvs (indefinite masculine nominative singular)
rezultatīvi (indefinite masculine nominative plural)
rezultatīva (feminine indefinite nominative singular)
rezultatīvas (feminine indefinite nominative plural)
rezultatīva (genitive indefinite masculine singular)
rezultatīvu (genitive indefinite masculine plural)
rezultatīvas (feminine genitive indefinite singular)
rezultatīvu (feminine genitive indefinite plural)
rezultatīvam (dative indefinite masculine singular)
rezultatīviem (dative indefinite masculine plural)
rezultatīvai (dative feminine indefinite singular)
rezultatīvām (dative feminine indefinite plural)
rezultatīvu (accusative indefinite masculine singular)
rezultatīvus (accusative indefinite masculine plural)
rezultatīvu (accusative feminine indefinite singular)
rezultatīvas (accusative feminine indefinite plural)
rezultatīvu (indefinite instrumental masculine singular)
rezultatīviem (indefinite instrumental masculine plural)
rezultatīvu (feminine indefinite instrumental singular)
rezultatīvām (feminine indefinite instrumental plural)
rezultatīvā (indefinite locative masculine singular)
rezultatīvos (indefinite locative masculine plural)
rezultatīvā (feminine indefinite locative singular)
rezultatīvās (feminine indefinite locative plural)

From rezultāts (“result”) + -īvs. Probably not derived as such in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from other European languages.

mačs ritēja dramatiski: četras no sēšām šaha partijām beidzās rezultatīvi

the competition went dramatically: four of six chess matches ended successfully (i.e., without draws)

(sports, games) successful (having a result that is not a draw)


augļkopis

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augļkopis m (2nd declension, feminine form: augļkope)

augļkope (feminine)
augļkopis (nominative singular)
augļkopji (nominative plural)
augļkopja (genitive singular)
augļkopju (genitive plural)
augļkopim (dative singular)
augļkopjiem (dative plural)
augļkopi (accusative singular)
augļkopjus (accusative plural)
augļkopi (instrumental singular)
augļkopjiem (instrumental plural)
augļkopī (locative singular)
augļkopjos (locative plural)
augļkopi (singular vocative)
augļkopji (plural vocative)

augļkopim jau ar koka iestādīšanas dienu jāsāk rūpēties par spēcīga stumbra izveidošanu, kā arī mizas un koksnes pasargāšanu no jebkādiem bojājumiem

from the day of the planting of the tree the fruit grower must start taking care of the formation of a strong trunk and of the protection of the bark and wood from any damage

skolas jaunie naturālisti ieguvuši čaklu augļkopju slavu: viņi no sēkliņām izaudzējuši vairāk nekā 3000 jaunu ābelīšu

the school's young naturalists had earned the fame of diligent fruit growers: from seeds, they had grown over 3000 new apple trees

(male) fruit grower (specialist in fruit growing)


augļkope

augļkope f (5th declension, masculine form: augļkopis)

augļkopis (masculine)
augļkope (nominative singular)
augļkopes (nominative plural)
augļkopes (genitive singular)
augļkopju (genitive plural)
augļkopei (dative singular)
augļkopēm (dative plural)
augļkopi (accusative singular)
augļkopes (accusative plural)
augļkopi (instrumental singular)
augļkopēm (instrumental plural)
augļkopē (locative singular)
augļkopēs (locative plural)
augļkope (singular vocative)
augļkopes (plural vocative)

From augļkopis (“fruit grower”) + -e (“fem.”).

suffix

bordo šķīdumu, kas arī ir vara preparāts, iesaka pat Māra Kilēvica, zvērināta augļkope, kas iestājas pret ķīmiju!

the deep red solution, which is also a copper preparate, is recommended by Māra Kilēvica herself, a sworn fruit grower who is against chemistry!


vokāliste

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vokāliste f (5th declension, masculine form: vokālists)

vokālists (masculine)
vokāliste (nominative singular)
vokālistes (nominative plural)
vokālistes (genitive singular)
vokālistu (genitive plural)
vokālistei (dative singular)
vokālistēm (dative plural)
vokālisti (accusative singular)
vokālistes (accusative plural)
vokālisti (instrumental singular)
vokālistēm (instrumental plural)
vokālistē (locative singular)
vokālistēs (locative plural)
vokāliste (singular vocative)
vokālistes (plural vocative)

From vokālists (“vocalist”) + -e (“fem.”).

vokāliste no Latvijas plūc laurus konkursā Igaunijā

a female vocalist from Latvia reaped the laurels (= won) in a contest in Estonia


vokālists

vokālists m (1st declension, feminine form: vokāliste)

vokāliste (feminine)
vokālists (nominative singular)
vokālisti (nominative plural)
vokālista (genitive singular)
vokālistu (genitive plural)
vokālistam (dative singular)
vokālistiem (dative plural)
vokālistu (accusative singular)
vokālistus (accusative plural)
vokālistu (instrumental singular)
vokālistiem (instrumental plural)
vokālistā (locative singular)
vokālistos (locative plural)
vokālist (singular vocative)
vokālisti (plural vocative)

From vokāls (“vocal”) + -ists. Probably not derived as such in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from other European languages.

perspektīvs vokālists

piedalīties jauno vokālistu konkursā

to participate in the young vocalists contest

vai dzirdat, kā orķestris tiek savaldīts, kā salejas vienkopus ar vokālistiem?

do you hear how the orchestra is disciplined, how it pours itself all together with the vocalists


tīrītājs

tīrītājs m (1st declension, feminine form: tīrītāja)

tīrītāja (feminine)
tīrītājs (nominative singular)
tīrītāji (nominative plural)
tīrītāja (genitive singular)
tīrītāju (genitive plural)
tīrītājam (dative singular)
tīrītājiem (dative plural)
tīrītāju (accusative singular)
tīrītājus (accusative plural)
tīrītāju (instrumental singular)
tīrītājiem (instrumental plural)
tīrītājā (locative singular)
tīrītājos (locative plural)
tīrītāj (singular vocative)
tīrītāji (plural vocative)

piena tīrītājs

sniega tīrītājs

cleaner (machine, instrument used for cleaning)


tīrītāja

tīrītāja f (4th declension, masculine form: tīrītājs)

tīrītājs (masculine)
tīrītāja (nominative singular)
tīrītājas (nominative plural)
tīrītājas (genitive singular)
tīrītāju (genitive plural)
tīrītājai (dative singular)
tīrītājām (dative plural)
tīrītāju (accusative singular)
tīrītājas (accusative plural)
tīrītāju (instrumental singular)
tīrītājām (instrumental plural)
tīrītājā (locative singular)
tīrītājās (locative plural)
tīrītāja (singular vocative)
tīrītājas (plural vocative)

From tīrīt (“to clean”) + -āja, or tīrītājs (“cleaner”) + -a (“fem.”).

dzīvokļa tīrītāja

(female) cleaner (woman who cleans, does cleaning)


ražotājs

ražotājs m (1st declension, feminine form: ražotāja)

ražotāja (feminine)
ražotājs (nominative singular)
ražotāji (nominative plural)
ražotāja (genitive singular)
ražotāju (genitive plural)
ražotājam (dative singular)
ražotājiem (dative plural)
ražotāju (accusative singular)
ražotājus (accusative plural)
ražotāju (instrumental singular)
ražotājiem (instrumental plural)
ražotājā (locative singular)
ražotājos (locative plural)
ražotāj (singular vocative)
ražotāji (plural vocative)

(male) producer (a man who produces, makes something)


ražotāja

ražotāja f (4th declension, masculine form: ražotājs)

ražotājs (masculine)
ražotāja (nominative singular)
ražotājas (nominative plural)
ražotājas (genitive singular)
ražotāju (genitive plural)
ražotājai (dative singular)
ražotājām (dative plural)
ražotāju (accusative singular)
ražotājas (accusative plural)
ražotāju (instrumental singular)
ražotājām (instrumental plural)
ražotājā (locative singular)
ražotājās (locative plural)
ražotāja (singular vocative)
ražotājas (plural vocative)

From ražot (“to produce”) + -āja, or ražotājs (“producer”) + -a (“fem.”).

(female) producer (a woman who produces, makes something)


kalkulators

kalkulators m (1st declension, feminine form: kalkulatore)

kalkulatore (feminine)
kalkulators (nominative singular)
kalkulatori (nominative plural)
kalkulatora (genitive singular)
kalkulatoru (genitive plural)
kalkulatoram (dative singular)
kalkulatoriem (dative plural)
kalkulatoru (accusative singular)
kalkulatorus (accusative plural)
kalkulatoru (instrumental singular)
kalkulatoriem (instrumental plural)
kalkulatorā (locative singular)
kalkulatoros (locative plural)
kalkulator (singular vocative)
kalkulatori (plural vocative)

A borrowing from other European languages, possibly originally English calculator.

biju grāmatvedis kādā noliktavā... pēc tam beidzu kalkulatoru kursus

I was a bookkeeper in a store... after that I finished a calculator's course

(dated sense, mostly historical) (male) calculator, computer (a man whose work it is to perform mathematical calculations and computations)

elektroniskie kalkulatori izveidoti uz integrālo shēmu bāzes

electronic calculators are designed on the basis of integrated circuits

calculator (a mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations)


kalkulatore

kalkulatore (nominative singular)
kalkulatores (nominative plural)
kalkulatores (genitive singular)
kalkulatoru (genitive plural)
kalkulatorei (dative singular)
kalkulatorēm (dative plural)
kalkulatori (accusative singular)
kalkulatores (accusative plural)
kalkulatori (instrumental singular)
kalkulatorēm (instrumental plural)
kalkulatorē (locative singular)
kalkulatorēs (locative plural)
kalkulatore (singular vocative)
kalkulatores (plural vocative)

From kalkulators (“calculator”) + -e (“fem.”).

suffix

sākumā Zaiga bija kalkulatore, tad - dispečere

first Zaiga was a calculator, then (later) a controller

(dated sense, mostly historical) (female) calculator (a woman whose work it is to perform mathematical calculations and computations)