noteikums

Latvian

From noteik(t) (“to state, to determine, to establish”) +‎ -ums (with noteikt from no- +‎ teikt (“to say, to tell”)).

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noteikums m (1st declension)

(usually plural) rules, regulations (norms that must be obeyed in a certain sector of activity, profession, or situation)
tehniskie, sanitārie noteikumi ― technical, sanitary regulations

satiksmes noteikumi ― traffic regulations

skolas iekšējās kārtības noteikumi ― a school's internal regulations

ugunsdrošības noteikumi ― fire regulations

pareizrakstības noteikumi ― spelling rules
condition, requirement (a necessity or prerequisite for something)
izdevīgi kredīta noteikumi ― favorable credit conditions, terms

Ziltars nebija dabūjis vairāk aizņemties kā vecu arklu un sieku rudzu ar noteikumu, ka rudenī jāatdod divi sieki vietā ― Ziltars couldn't obtain more than an old plow and a bushel of rye, under the condition that later in autumn he would return two bushels
basis, principle, provision (prerequisites for the existence or development of something; also, circumstances that support or foster it)
pirmais noteikums māksliniekam: redzēt cita acij neredzamo un dzirdēt citam nesadzirdzamo ― the first provision for artists: to see what is invisible to the eyes of others and to hear what is unhearable to others

Declension of noteikums (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	noteikums	noteikumi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	noteikumu	noteikumus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	noteikuma	noteikumu
dative (datīvs)	noteikumam	noteikumiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	noteikumu	noteikumiem
locative (lokatīvs)	noteikumā	noteikumos
vocative (vokatīvs)	noteikum	noteikumi