noteikums
Latvian
Etymology
From noteik(t) (“to state, to determine, to establish”) + -ums (with noteikt from no- + teikt (“to say, to tell”)).
Pronunciation
Noun
noteikums m (1st declension)
- (usually plural) rules, regulations (norms that must be obeyed in a certain sector of activity, profession, or situation)
- tehniskie, sanitārie noteikumi ― technical, sanitary regulations
- satiksmes noteikumi ― traffic regulations
- skolas iekšējās kārtības noteikumi ― a school's internal regulations
- ugunsdrošības noteikumi ― fire regulations
- pareizrakstības noteikumi ― spelling rules
- condition, requirement (a necessity or prerequisite for something)
- izdevīgi kredīta noteikumi ― favorable credit conditions, terms
- Ziltars nebija dabūjis vairāk aizņemties kā vecu arklu un sieku rudzu ar noteikumu, ka rudenī jāatdod divi sieki vietā ― Ziltars couldn't obtain more than an old plow and a bushel of rye, under the condition that later in autumn he would return two bushels
- basis, principle, provision (prerequisites for the existence or development of something; also, circumstances that support or foster it)
- pirmais noteikums māksliniekam: redzēt cita acij neredzamo un dzirdēt citam nesadzirdzamo ― the first provision for artists: to see what is invisible to the eyes of others and to hear what is unhearable to others
Declension
Declension of noteikums (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | noteikums | noteikumi |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | noteikumu | noteikumus |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | noteikuma | noteikumu |
dative (datīvs) | noteikumam | noteikumiem |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | noteikumu | noteikumiem |
locative (lokatīvs) | noteikumā | noteikumos |
vocative (vokatīvs) | noteikum | noteikumi |
Synonyms
- (of "rules, regulations"): likums, norma
- (of "condition", "requirement", "provision"): nosacījums, prasība