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īpašības vārds

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Latvian

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Etymology

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Literally “quality/property word,” a calque of German Eigenschaftswort coined by J. Neikens in 1850 and accepted by A. Kronvalds.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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īpašības vārds m (1st declension)

  1. (grammar) adjective (a word used to qualify or modify a noun)
    īpašības vārdi ir patstāvīgi vārdi, kas nosauc priekšmetu pazīmesadjectives are independent words that designate the features of an object

Declension

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Synonyms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “īpašs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN