fotogrāfs
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Latvian
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Etymology
[edit]Via some other European language, ultimately a modern coinage based on Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”) (combining form φωτ- (phōt-)) and γράφω (gráphō, “to scratch, to scrape, to graze; to write”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]fotogrāfs m (1st declension, feminine form: fotogrāfe)
- (male) photographer (man who takes photographs, typically as an occupation; a specialist in photography)
- redakcijas fotogrāfs ― editorial, newspaper photographer
- mākslas fotogrāfs ― art photographer
- doties pie fotogrāfa ― to go to the photographer
- mācīties par fotogrāfu ― to study (to be) a photographer
- Pavločevs turēja rokās stūri tik cītīgi, it ka pozētu fotogrāfam ― Pavločevs held the steering wheel tight in his hands, as if posing to a photographer
- mūsu fotogrāfi aizvien biežāk rīko portretu izstādes ― our photographers are organizing portrait exhibitions increasingly more often
Declension
[edit]Declension of fotogrāfs (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | fotogrāfs | fotogrāfi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | fotogrāfu | fotogrāfus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | fotogrāfa | fotogrāfu |
| dative (datīvs) | fotogrāfam | fotogrāfiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | fotogrāfu | fotogrāfiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | fotogrāfā | fotogrāfos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | fotogrāf | fotogrāfi |