atkarība
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See also: atkarībā
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of German Abhängigkeit (“dependence”), coined at the end of the 19th century from atkār(t) (“to hang down”) + -ība (with atkārt from at- + kārt (“to hang”)), together with the related term atkarīgs.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]atkarība f (4th declension)
- dependence (the state of that which is dependent, which is in the power, under the influence of someone, something, some country)
- koloniālā atkarība ― colonial dependence
- materiālā atkarība ― material dependence
- Kalnbirze apzinājās savu nevarību un pilnīgo atkarību no šīs sievietes ― Kalnbirze was aware of his helplessness, of his full dependence of these women
- dependence (a logical causal relation)
- savstarpēja atkarība ― mutual dependence, interdependence
- formas atkarība no satura ― the dependence of form on content
- augu valsts atkarība no ģeogrāfiskajiem apstākļiem ― the dependence of vegetation on geographic circumstances
- temperatūras atkarība no dažādiem faktoriem ― the dependence of temperature on several factors
- (in the locative, used adverbially) depending on, according to
- rīkoties atkarībā no asptākļiem ― to act according to circumstances
- Ilga saka jā, Ilga saka nē, Ilga vienkārši paloka vai pakrata galvu... atkarībā no jautājuma, atkarībā no iespējas atbildēt ― Ilga says yes, Ilga says no, Ilga nods or shakes her head... depending on the question, depending on the possibility of answering
Declension
[edit]Declension of atkarība (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | atkarība | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | atkarību | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | atkarības | — |
dative (datīvs) | atkarībai | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | atkarību | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | atkarībā | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | atkarība | — |
Antonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “atkarība”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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- Latvian etymologies from LEV
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- Latvian terms derived from German
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- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian nouns
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- Latvian fourth declension nouns
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