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skaitļa vārds

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Latvian

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Etymology

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Literally “number word,” a calque of German Zahlwort coined by Juris Neikens in 1850 as skaitļa vārdiņš; later changed by Andrejs Stērste to skaitļa vārds, which became the standard form.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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skaitļa vārds m (1st declension)

  1. (grammar) numeral (a word used to indicate a number)
    pamata skaitļa vārdicardinal numerals
    kārtas skaitļa vārdiordinal numerals
    skaitļa vārdu deklinācijanumeral declension

Declension

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “skaitīt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN