"vēstule" meaning in Latvian

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Noun

IPA: [væ̀ːstulɛ] Audio: Lv-vēstule.ogg
Etymology: Coined by Atis Kronvalds in 1869, derived from vēstīt (“to herald, to announce”) (compare vēsts (“news”)). Its form was influenced by Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ, “letter; command, commission; will”). Krovanlds proposed other related words (vēstulēties “to correspond, exchange letters,” and also vēstulēšanās, vēstulējums, vēstulība) which did not find acceptance. Before Kronvalds' vēstule, the concept of “letter” was expressed as (rakstīta) grāmata; the term breve (from Italian breve (“short writing”), from Latin brevis (“short”); compare German Brief), introduced by the journal Pēterburgas Avīzes (probably by J. Alunāns), did not find acceptance either. Etymology templates: {{coin|lv|Atis Kronvalds|in=1869}} Coined by Atis Kronvalds in 1869, {{m|lv|vēstīt||to herald, to announce}} vēstīt (“to herald, to announce”), {{m|lv|vēsts||news}} vēsts (“news”), {{cog|grc|ἐπιστολή||letter; command, commission; will}} Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ, “letter; command, commission; will”), {{m|lv|vēstule}} vēstule, {{m|lv|rakstīta}} rakstīta, {{m|lv|grāmata}} grāmata, {{cog|it|breve||short writing}} Italian breve (“short writing”), {{cog|la|brevis||short}} Latin brevis (“short”), {{cog|de|Brief}} German Brief Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=}} vēstule f, {{lv-noun|f|5th}} vēstule f (5th declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|vēstu|e|5th||l|ļ|extrawidth=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-5|vēstu|e|4=|5=l|6=ļ|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|vēstule|vēstules|vēstuli|vēstules|vēstules|vēstuļu|vēstulei|vēstulēm|vēstuli|vēstulēm|vēstulē|vēstulēs|vēstule|vēstules|type=5th declension|x=-60}} Forms: declension-5 [table-tags], vēstule [nominative, singular], vēstules [nominative, plural], vēstuli [accusative, singular], vēstules [accusative, plural], vēstules [genitive, singular], vēstuļu [genitive, plural], vēstulei [dative, singular], vēstulēm [dative, plural], vēstuli [instrumental, singular], vēstulēm [instrumental, plural], vēstulē [locative, singular], vēstulēs [locative, plural], vēstule [singular, vocative], vēstules [plural, vocative]
  1. letter (a written message for someone, especially if sent by mail) Tags: declension-5, feminine Categories (topical): Post Synonyms: grāmata [dated]

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "[væ̀ːstulɛ]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Lv-vēstule.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a4/Lv-v%C4%93stule.ogg/Lv-v%C4%93stule.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Lv-v%C4%93stule.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "in this sense"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "grāmata"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vēstule"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latvian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 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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