spriedums

Latvian

Etymology

From spriest (past stem: spried-) (“to judge”) +‎ -ums.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [spɾiɛ̂dums]

Noun

spriedums m (1st declension)

1. judgment, opinion (thought or idea expressed as an affirmative or negative statement)

   pareizs, nepareizs spriedums ― correct, incorrect judgment, opinion

   pamatots spriedums ― an informed judgment, opinion

   vienpusīgs spriedums ― a one-sided judgment, opinion

   pārsteidzīgs spriedums ― hasty judgment

   pāragrs spriedums ― premature judgment

   pretrunīgi spriedumi ― contradictory judgments, opinions

   izteikt savu spriedumu ― to express one's judgment, opinion

   būt apdomīgam savos spriedumos ― to be prudent in one's judgments, opinions

   kas ir jūsu spriedums par izstādi? ― what is your opinion of the exhibition?

   mana māte lepojas, ka man jau kopš vidusskolas laikiem esot savi patstāvīgi spriedumi ― my mother is proud of the fact that I always had my own opinions sice highschool

2. (law) verdict, sentence (official decision of a court of law with respect to a civil or criminal case, according to its merits)

   tiesas spriedums ― (court) verdict

   attaisnojošs spriedums ― acquittal (lit. acquitting verdict)

   notiesājošs spriedums ― conviction (lit. condemning verdict)

   sprieduma apturēšana ― sentence suspension

   taisīt spriedumu ― to give a verdict, sentence

   pārsūdzēt spriedumu ― to appeal a verdict

   izpildīt spriedumu ― to carry out the verdict, sentence

   parakstīt nāves spriedumu ― to sign a death sentence

   kad tiesnesis pasludināja bargu spriedumu, publika aplaudēja ― when the judge gave a harsh sentence, the audience applauded

3. (logic) judgment (a type of thinking which expresses in affirmative or negative form objects and their characteristics with respect to each other)

   sprieduma priekšmets ― the object of judgment

   sprieduma subjekts, predikāts ― the subject, the predicate of judgment

   vispārējs spriedums ― general judgment

   daļējs spriedums ― partial judgment

   hipotētisks spriedums ― hypothetical judgment

   paradokss ir pārsteidzošs divu spriedumu savienojums, kurā no formāli loģiskā viedokļa viens spriedums otru izslēdz, taču reāli abi ir vienlīdz iespējami ― a paradox is a surprising union of two judgments in which, from a formally logical viewpoint, one judgment excludes the other, but in reality both are equally possible

Declension

Declension of spriedums (1st declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	spriedums	spriedumi
genitive	sprieduma	spriedumu
dative	spriedumam	spriedumiem
accusative	spriedumu	spriedumus
instrumental	spriedumu	spriedumiem
locative	spriedumā	spriedumos
vocative	spriedum	spriedumi

Synonyms

• (of "opinion"): uzskats, viedoklis

Derived terms

• aizspriedums

Related terms

• spriest