"a" meaning in Latvian

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Character

IPA: [a] Audio: lv-riga-a.ogg Forms: A [uppercase]
Etymology: Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic. Head templates: {{head|lv|letter|lower case||upper case|A}} a (lower case, upper case A)
  1. The first letter of the Latvian alphabet, written in the Latin script. Tags: letter, lowercase
    Sense id: en-a-lv-character-d~IJkUwj Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Related terms: l [Latvian, letter], a [Latvian, letter], t [Latvian, letter], v [Latvian, letter], i [Latvian, letter], e [Latvian, letter], š [Latvian, letter], u [Latvian, letter], b [Latvian, letter], r [Latvian, letter], A [Latvian, letter], Ā [Latvian, letter], ā [Latvian, letter], B [Latvian, letter], C [Latvian, letter], c [Latvian, letter], Č [Latvian, letter], č [Latvian, letter], D [Latvian, letter], d [Latvian, letter], E [Latvian, letter], Ē [Latvian, letter], ē [Latvian, letter], F [Latvian, letter], f [Latvian, letter], G [Latvian, letter], g [Latvian, letter], Ģ [Latvian, letter], ģ [Latvian, letter], H [Latvian, letter], h [Latvian, letter], I [Latvian, letter], Ī [Latvian, letter], ī [Latvian, letter], J [Latvian, letter], j [Latvian, letter], K [Latvian, letter], k [Latvian, letter], Ķ [Latvian, letter], ķ [Latvian, letter], L [Latvian, letter], Ļ [Latvian, letter], ļ [Latvian, letter], M [Latvian, letter], m [Latvian, letter], N [Latvian, letter], n [Latvian, letter], Ņ [Latvian, letter], ņ [Latvian, letter], O [Latvian, letter], o [Latvian, letter], P [Latvian, letter], p [Latvian, letter], R [Latvian, letter], S [Latvian, letter], s [Latvian, letter], Š [Latvian, letter], T [Latvian, letter], U [Latvian, letter], Ū [Latvian, letter], ū [Latvian, letter], V [Latvian, letter], Z [Latvian, letter], z [Latvian, letter], Ž [Latvian, letter], ž [Latvian, letter]

Noun

IPA: [a] Audio: lv-riga-a.ogg
Etymology: Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic. Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|invariable||cat2=indeclinable nouns|g=m}} a m (invariable)
  1. The name of the Latin script letter A/a. Tags: invariable, masculine
    Sense id: en-a-lv-noun-x9TZH-MF Related terms: latviešu burtu vārdi [Latvian, letter-name], garais ā [Latvian, letter-name], [Latvian, letter-name], [Latvian, letter-name], čē [Latvian, letter-name], [Latvian, letter-name], e [Latvian, letter-name], garais ē [Latvian, letter-name], ef [Latvian, letter-name], [Latvian, letter-name], ģē [Latvian, letter-name], [Latvian, letter-name], i [Latvian, letter-name], garais ī [Latvian, letter-name], [Latvian, letter-name], [Latvian, letter-name], ķē [Latvian, letter-name], el [Latvian, letter-name], [Latvian, letter-name], em [Latvian, letter-name], en [Latvian, letter-name], [Latvian, letter-name], o [Latvian, letter-name], [Latvian, letter-name], er [Latvian, letter-name], es [Latvian, letter-name], [Latvian, letter-name], [Latvian, letter-name], u [Latvian, letter-name], garais ū [Latvian, letter-name], [Latvian, letter-name], [Latvian, letter-name], žē [Latvian, letter-name]

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      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ģ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "H"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "I"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Ī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "J"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "j"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "K"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Ķ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ķ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "L"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Ļ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ļ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
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      "word": "M"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "m"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "N"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "n"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Ņ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ņ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "O"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "o"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "P"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
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      "word": "p"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "R"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "S"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "s"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Š"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "T"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Ū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "V"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Z"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "z"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Ž"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ž"
    }
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      "glosses": [
        "The first letter of the Latvian alphabet, written in the Latin script."
      ],
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        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "alphabet",
          "alphabet"
        ]
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        "lowercase"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[a]"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/99/Lv-riga-a.ogg/Lv-riga-a.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Lv-riga-a.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "a"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latvian indeclinable nouns",
    "Latvian lemmas",
    "Latvian letters",
    "Latvian masculine nouns",
    "Latvian nouns",
    "Latvian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latvian terms with audio links"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.",
  "head_templates": [
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      "expansion": "a m (invariable)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "latviešu burtu vārdi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "garais ā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "bē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "cē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "čē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "dē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
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      "word": "e"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "garais ē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "ef"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "gā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "ģē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "hā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "i"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "garais ī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "jē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "kā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "ķē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "el"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "eļ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "em"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "en"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "eņ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "o"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "pē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "er"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "es"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "eš"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "tē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "u"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "garais ū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "vē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "zē"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Latvian",
        "letter-name"
      ],
      "word": "žē"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "The name of the Latin script letter A/a."
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        [
          "Latin script",
          "Appendix:Latin script#English"
        ],
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          "A",
          "A#Latvian"
        ],
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          "a",
          "a#Latvian"
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      ],
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        "invariable",
        "masculine"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[a]"
    },
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      "audio": "lv-riga-a.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/99/Lv-riga-a.ogg/Lv-riga-a.ogg.mp3",
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      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latvian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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