nedēļa
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old East Slavic недѣлꙗ (nedělja, “Sunday, holiday, week”) (cf. Russian неде́ля (nedélja)); the same Old East Slavic word was borrowed by other local languages (cf. Estonian nädal, Lithuanian nedėlia, Livonian nädīļ, Latgalian nedeļa). The original Slavic meaning was “Sunday”, literally “non-working [day] (cf. Russian де́лать (délatʹ, “to do”)). Given its form, the word was probably borrowed before the 13th century, even though its first occurrences, already in its modern form, are in 17th-century dictionaries.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nedēļa f (4th declension)
- week (seven-day period from Monday to Sunday)
- katru nedēļu ― every week
- divas reizes nedēļā ― twice a week
- pagājušajā nedēļā ― last week
- smaga darba nedēļa ― a heavy work week
- nedēļas avīze ― weekly newspaper
- nedēļas tirgus ― weekly market
- Kalvics jau nedēļas sākumā papļāva drusku siena ― at the beginning of the week, Kalvics was already mowing some hay
- week (any seven-day period, regardless of its beginning or end)
- jau nedēļu neesmu tur bijis ― I haven't been there for a week
- nedēļu ilgs atvaļinājums ― a one-week vacation
- viņa paauklēja uz rokām bērniņu, kurš bija ļoti sīciņš, varbūt vēl tik dažas nedēļas vecs ― she was nursing a baby that was really very small, maybe only a couple of weeks old
- (dated sense, only plural) post-partum, post-natal period
- Annai uznāca nedēļas ― Anna is in (her) post-partum period
Declension
[edit]Declension of nedēļa (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | nedēļa | nedēļas |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | nedēļu | nedēļas |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | nedēļas | nedēļu |
dative (datīvs) | nedēļai | nedēļām |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | nedēļu | nedēļām |
locative (lokatīvs) | nedēļā | nedēļās |
vocative (vokatīvs) | nedēļa | nedēļas |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit](days of the week) nedēļas dienas; pirmdiena, otrdiena, trešdiena, ceturtdiena, piektdiena, sestdiena, svētdiena (Category: lv:Days of the week)
References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “nedēļa”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Categories:
- Latvian etymologies from LEV
- Latvian terms borrowed from Old East Slavic
- Latvian terms derived from Old East Slavic
- Latvian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latvian words with level intonation
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- Latvian terms with usage examples
- Latvian terms with dated senses
- Latvian fourth declension nouns
- lv:Days of the week
- lv:Time