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

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