dzimte

See also: dzimtē

Latvian

Etymology

This word, from dzimt (to be born) + -e, was coined and introduced into the literary language in the late 19th century by J. Alunāns.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dzìmtɛ]
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Noun

dzimte f (5th declension)

  1. (linguistics, grammar) gender (a grammatical subdivision of nouns, pronouns, etc. into groups)
    vīriešu dzimtemasculine gender
    sieviešu dzimtefeminine gender
    nekatra dzimteneuter gender
    vingrinājums domāts lietvārdu visu dzimšu daudzskaitļa darināšanai, to lietošanai vajadzīgajā formāthe exercise was thought (= conceived) to make the plural (form) of nouns of all genders, (and) to use them in the necessary form

Declension

See also

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), dzimt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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