mirstība
See also: mirstībā
Latvian
Etymology
From mirt (present stem: mirst- (“to die”) + -ība. A relatively recent word, it replaced 17th-century miršums (“mortality”), no longer in use.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mīɾstiːba]
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- IPA(key): [mîɾstiːba]
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Noun
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
Declension
Declension of mirstība (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | mirstība | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | mirstību | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | mirstības | — |
dative (datīvs) | mirstībai | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | mirstību | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | mirstībā | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | mirstība | — |
Synonyms
- (of "state of being mortal"): mirstīgums
Antonyms
- (of "mortality rate"): dzimstība
Related terms
See also
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “mirt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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