sastāvs

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Latvian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Proto-Slavic *sъstavъ, whence Bulgarian състав (sǎstav).

Noun[edit]

sastāvs m (1st declension)

  1. composition, constitution
    augsnes sastāvscomposition of the soil
    ūdens ķīmiskais sastāvsthe chemical composition of water
    vārda morfoloģiskais sastāvsthe morphological composition of a word
    vilciena sastāvsthe composition of a train
  2. constituent elements, members, components seen as a whole
    valdības, komisijas sastāvsthe composition/members of the government, commission
    orķestra sastāvsthe composition/members of the orchestra
    iedzīvotāju etniskais sastāvsthe ethnic composition of the inhabitants (= population)

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