See cilvēks in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "cilvēkiem",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
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{
"form": "cilvēki",
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"english": "good, young, playful person",
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"english": "the origin of man (lit. person)",
"text": "cilvēka izcelšanās",
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"english": "human (lit. person's) development",
"text": "cilvēka attīstība",
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"english": "human (lit. person's) dignity",
"text": "cilvēka cieņa",
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"english": "human (lit. people's) society",
"text": "cilvēku sabiedrība",
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"english": "a married person (usually a man)",
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"english": "a peaceful (lit. of peace) person",
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}
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"english": "those were (good) people, there (= with them) a child could live",
"text": "tie bija cilvēki, tur bērns varēja dzīvot",
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"english": "on the street (there was) a crowd of people",
"text": "uz ielas cilvēku pūlis",
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"english": "hey, guys! hey, girls! hey, people! help, help!",
"text": "ē, puiši! ē, meitas! ē, cilvēki! palīgā, palīgā!",
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"undefined",
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"word": "alu cilvēks"
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{
"word": "cilvēce"
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{
"word": "cilvēcisks"
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{
"word": "cilvēciskums"
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{
"word": "cilvēcība"
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"word": "cilvēcīgums"
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},
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"form": "cilvēka",
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"genitive",
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]
},
{
"form": "cilvēku",
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"form": "cilvēkam",
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{
"form": "cilvēkiem",
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"dative",
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},
{
"form": "cilvēku",
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"form": "cilvēkus",
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{
"form": "cilvēku",
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"form": "cilvēkiem",
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"form": "cilvēkā",
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"locative",
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},
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"form": "cilvēkos",
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},
{
"form": "cilvēk",
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"singular",
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"form": "cilvēki",
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{
"args": {
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"args": {
"1": "cilvēk",
"2": "s",
"3": "1st",
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"name": "lv-decl-noun"
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{
"args": {
"1": "cilvēk",
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"5": "",
"6": "",
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{
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"14": "cilvēki",
"2": "cilvēki",
"3": "cilvēku",
"4": "cilvēkus",
"5": "cilvēka",
"6": "cilvēku",
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],
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"word": "ļaudis"
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{
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{
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},
{
"word": "vīrietis"
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"english": "good, young, playful person",
"text": "labs, jauns, jautrs cilvēks",
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"english": "wise person",
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25
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24,
30
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"english": "the origin of man (lit. person)",
"text": "cilvēka izcelšanās",
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},
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"english": "human (lit. person's) development",
"text": "cilvēka attīstība",
"translation": "human (lit. person's) development",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
7
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
12,
18
]
],
"english": "human (lit. person's) dignity",
"text": "cilvēka cieņa",
"translation": "human (lit. person's) dignity",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
7
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
12,
18
]
],
"english": "human (lit. people's) society",
"text": "cilvēku sabiedrība",
"translation": "human (lit. people's) society",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
8,
15
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
10,
16
]
],
"english": "a married person (usually a man)",
"text": "precēts cilvēks",
"translation": "a married person (usually a man)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
8,
15
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
9,
15
]
],
"english": "a family person (usually a man)",
"text": "ģimenes cilvēks",
"translation": "a family person (usually a man)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
7,
14
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
27,
33
]
],
"english": "a peaceful (lit. of peace) person",
"text": "mieras cilvēks",
"translation": "a peaceful (lit. of peace) person",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"person, human being (a member of the Homo sapiens species, capable of thinking and speaking)"
],
"links": [
[
"person",
"person"
],
[
"human being",
"human being"
],
[
"member",
"member#English"
],
[
"Homo sapiens",
"Homo sapiens#English"
],
[
"capable",
"capable#English"
],
[
"think",
"think#English"
],
[
"speak",
"speak#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-1"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
9,
16
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
18,
24
]
],
"english": "those were (good) people, there (= with them) a child could live",
"text": "tie bija cilvēki, tur bērns varēja dzīvot",
"translation": "those were (good) people, there (= with them) a child could live",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"person (one who is not insensitive, who is kindhearted, helpful)"
],
"links": [
[
"good",
"good"
],
[
"person",
"person"
],
[
"insensitive",
"insensitive#English"
],
[
"kindhearted",
"kindhearted#English"
],
[
"helpful",
"helpful#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "good",
"raw_glosses": [
"(good) person (one who is not insensitive, who is kindhearted, helpful)"
],
"tags": [
"declension-1"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
9,
16
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
37,
43
]
],
"english": "on the street (there was) a crowd of people",
"text": "uz ielas cilvēku pūlis",
"translation": "on the street (there was) a crowd of people",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
24,
31
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
28,
34
]
],
"english": "hey, guys! hey, girls! hey, people! help, help!",
"text": "ē, puiši! ē, meitas! ē, cilvēki! palīgā, palīgā!",
"translation": "hey, guys! hey, girls! hey, people! help, help!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"people (an undefined group of men and/or women)"
],
"links": [
[
"plural",
"plural"
],
[
"people",
"people"
],
[
"undefined",
"undefined#English"
],
[
"group",
"group#English"
],
[
"men",
"men#English"
],
[
"women",
"women#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(in plural) people (an undefined group of men and/or women)"
],
"tags": [
"declension-1",
"plural"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈt͡sìlvǣːks]"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈt͡sìɫvǣːks]"
},
{
"audio": "lv-riga-cilvēks.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/aa/Lv-riga-cilv%C4%93ks.ogg/Lv-riga-cilv%C4%93ks.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lv-riga-cilv%C4%93ks.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "people",
"word": "ļaudis"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"lv:"
],
"word": "cilvēks"
}
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