mirstība
See also: mirstībā
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mirt (present stem: mirst- (“to die”) + -ība. A relatively recent word, it replaced 17th-century miršums (“mortality”), no longer in use.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mirstība f (4th declension)
- mortality (the quality or state of being mortal)
- cilvēku mirstība ― people's (= human) mortality
- daudzus gadsimtus akūtās bērnu infekcijas bija viens no galvenajiem bērnu mirstības cēloņiem ― for many decades acute infections in children were one of the main causes of child mortality
- mortality (in a given population, the number of deaths by 1000 people)
- mirstības līmenis ― mortality rate
- mirstības samazināšana ― decrease in mortality
- mirstība no infarkta ― mortality from infarct
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mirstība | — |
| genitive | mirstības | — |
| dative | mirstībai | — |
| accusative | mirstību | — |
| instrumental | mirstību | — |
| locative | mirstībā | — |
| vocative | mirstība | — |
Synonyms
[edit]- (of "state of being mortal"): mirstīgums
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “of "mortality rate"”): dzimstība
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “mirt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary][1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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