burtstabiņš
Appearance
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From burts (“letter”) + stabiņš (“block”) (with stabiņš from stabs (“pole, post”) + -iņš (“dim.”)).
Possibly a calque of German Buchstabe.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]burtstabiņš m (1st declension)
- (typography) type, font (typesetting printing unit; a little metal block with a letter engraved on one side)
- svina, koka burtstabiņi ― lead, wooden types
Declension
[edit]Declension of burtstabiņš (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | burtstabiņš | burtstabiņi |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | burtstabiņa | burtstabiņu |
dative (datīvs) | burtstabiņam | burtstabiņiem |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | burtstabiņu | burtstabiņus |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | burtstabiņu | burtstabiņiem |
locative (lokatīvs) | burtstabiņā | burtstabiņos |
vocative (vokatīvs) | burtstabiņ | burtstabiņi |
Synonyms
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- Latvian compound terms
- Latvian terms suffixed with -iņš
- Latvian terms calqued from German
- Latvian terms derived from German
- Latvian terms with audio pronunciation
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian nouns
- Latvian masculine nouns
- lv:Typography
- Latvian terms with usage examples
- Latvian first declension nouns
- Latvian first declension nouns in -š
- lv:Printing