aritmētika

See also: aritmetika and aritmētikā

Latvian

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀριθμητική (τέχνη) (arithmētikḗ (tékhnē), “(art of) counting”), feminine of ἀριθμητικός (arithmētikós, “arithmetical”), from ἀριθμός (arithmós, “number, counting”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ri-dʰh₁-mó-s, form of *h₂rey- (“to count, reason”).

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Noun

aritmētika f (4th declension)

1. (mathematics) arithmetic (branch of mathematics that studies numbers and their operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)

   aritmētikas likumi ― the laws of arithmetic

   pasaulslavenais matemātiķis K. Gauss savā laikā izvirzīja devīzi, kurā viņš aritmētiku nosauca par matemātikas valdnieci ― world famous mathematician K. Gauss in his time had a saying in which he declared arithmetic (to be) the queen of mathematics

Declension

Declension of aritmētika (4th)

	singular	plural
nominative	aritmētika	—
genitive	aritmētikas	—
dative	aritmētikai	—
accusative	aritmētiku	—
instrumental	aritmētiku	—
locative	aritmētikā	—
vocative	aritmētika	—

Derived terms

• aritmētisks