akcents

Latvian

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin accentus, (ad + cantus), from the verb accinō (“to sing to”), from ad (“to”) and canō (“to sing”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [aktsɛnts]
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Noun

akcents m (1st declension)

(linguistics, usually singular) accent, stress (pronunciation emphasis on a specific syllable)
galvenais akcents un palīgakcents ― main stress and secondary (lit. auxiliary) stress

latviešu valodā vispārināts pirmās zilbes akcents ― in the Latvian language, initial syllable stress has been generalized
(music, usually singular) accent, stress (emphasis on parts of a melody)
sākuma akcents ― initial accent

ritmiskais, melodiskais akcents ― rhythmic, melodic accent
stress, emphasis, overtone (a strengthened element in a composition, article, speech, etc.)
stāstam ir problēma, idejisks akcents ― the story has a problem: an ideological overtone

kinoteātros galvenais telpiskais akcents - zāles būvķermenis arhitektoniski dominē pār visu ēku ― the main spatial emphasis in cinemas: the body of the (projection) room dominates the whole building
accent (specifities in the pronunciation of an individual)
runāt ar latvsiku akcentu ― to speak with a Latvian accent

runāt kādā valodā bez akcenta ― to speak a certain language without accent

viņa runā varēja sadzirdēt akcentu ― his accent could be heard in his speech

“uz kurieni ved šis ceļš?” svešais jautāja, izrunādams vārdus ar mazliet savādu akcentu ― “where does this path lead?” the stranger asked, pronouncing the words with a bit of an unusual accent

Declension

Declension of akcents (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	akcents	akcenti
accusative (akuzatīvs)	akcentu	akcentus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	akcenta	akcentu
dative (datīvs)	akcentam	akcentiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	akcentu	akcentiem
locative (lokatīvs)	akcentā	akcentos
vocative (vokatīvs)	akcent	akcenti

Synonyms

(of "stress"): uzsvars