mehānisms
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Via some other European language, ultimately from Latin mechanismus, from Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós, “pertaining to machines or contrivance, mechanic, ingenious, inventive”), from μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “a machine, contrivance”).
Noun
[edit]mehānisms m (1st declension)
- mechanism, engine (system of elements in a machine, device, etc. that allows it to function by means of the motion of its elements)
- automašīnas stūres mehānisms ― car steering mechanism
- pulksteņa mehānisms ― clock mechanism
- skaņu pieraksta mehānisms ― sound recording engine
- iedarbināt mehānismu ― to start the engine
- izjaukt mehānismu ― to disassemble the mechanism
- mechanism (system, especially if complex, for producing some work, some result)
- pārvaldes mehānisms ― administrative mechanism
- valsts mehānisms ― the mechanism of the state
- mechanism (system of processes, phenomena, actions, etc. in which one element affects or triggers others)
- domāšanas mehānisms ― the mechanism of thinking
- organisma darbības mehānisms ― the mechanism of the body's activity
- pētīt ķīmiskās reakcijas mehānismu ― to study the mechanism of a chemical reaction
- pētījumi par evolūcijas un dzīvības procesu mehānismiem ― studies on the mechanism of evolution and the processes of life
Declension
[edit]Declension of mehānisms (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | mehānisms | mehānismi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | mehānismu | mehānismus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | mehānisma | mehānismu |
| dative (datīvs) | mehānismam | mehānismiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | mehānismu | mehānismiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | mehānismā | mehānismos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | mehānism | mehānismi |