piecnieks

Latvian

Etymology

From pieci (“five”) +‎ -nieks.

Noun

Piecnieks

piecnieks m (1st declension)

1. five, number five (digit or figure; syn. pieci)

   uzrakstīt piecnieku ― to write the number five (i.e., 5)

2. five (A, excellent, the best school grade; syn. pieci)

   saņemt matemātikā piecnieku ― to get an A in mathematics

3. something with the number five on it

   samainīt piecnieku sīknaudā ― to change a five, a fiver (5-lat bill, banknote) into small change

   kārava piecnieks ― the five of diamonds (playing card)

4. five (people, animals, objects) together; a sports team consisting of five people

   hokeja komandas labākais piecnieks ― the best five (players) of the hockey team

Declension

Declension of piecnieks (1st declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	piecnieks	piecnieki
genitive	piecnieka	piecnieku
dative	piecniekam	piecniekiem
accusative	piecnieku	piecniekus
instrumental	piecnieku	piecniekiem
locative	piecniekā	piecniekos
vocative	piecniek	piecnieki

See also

• Nominal numerals:

  1 vieninieks, 2 divnieks, 3 trijnieks, 4 četrinieks, 5 piecnieks, 6 sešnieks, 7 septiņnieks, septītnieks, 8 astoņnieks, astotnieks, 9 deviņnieks, devītnieks, 10 desmitnieks