nedēļa
Latvian

Nedēļa (1)
Etymology
Borrowed from Old East Slavic недѣлꙗ (nedělja, “holiday, week”) (cf. Russian неделя (nedélja)); the same Old East Slavic word was borrowed by other local languages (cf. Estonian nädal, Livonian nädíl, Latgalian nedeļa). The original Slavic meaning was “non-working day” (cf. Russian делать (délatʹ) “to do”). Given its form, the word was probably borrowed before the 13th century, even though its first occurrences, already in its modern form, are in 17th-century dictionaries.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nɛdɛ̄ːʎa]
Noun
nedēļa f (4th declension)
- week (seven-day period from Monday to Sunday)
- katru nedēļu ― every week
- divas reizes nedēļā ― twice a week
- pagājušajā nedēļā ― last week
- smaga darba nedēļa ― a heavy work week
- nedēļas avīze ― weekly newspaper
- nedēļas tirgus ― weekly market
- Kalvics jau nedēļas sākumā papļāva drusku siena ― at the beginning of the week, Kalvics was already mowing some hay
- week (any seven-day period, regardless of its beginning or end)
- jau nedēļu neesmu tur bijis ― I haven't been there for a week
- nedēļu ilgs atvaļinājums ― a one-week vacation
- viņa paauklēja uz rokām bērniņu, kurš bija ļoti sīciņš, varbūt vēl tik dažas nedēļas vecs ― she was nursing a baby that was really very small, maybe only a couple of weeks old
- (dated sense, only plural) post-partum, post-natal period
- Annai uznāca nedēļas ― Anna is in (her) post-partum period
Declension
Declension of nedēļa (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
---|---|---|
nominative (nominatīvs) | nedēļa | nedēļas |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | nedēļu | nedēļas |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | nedēļas | nedēļu |
dative (datīvs) | nedēļai | nedēļām |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | nedēļu | nedēļām |
locative (lokatīvs) | nedēļā | nedēļās |
vocative (vokatīvs) | nedēļa | nedēļas |
Derived terms
See also
(days of the week) nedēļas dienas; pirmdiena, otrdiena, trešdiena, ceturtdiena, piektdiena, sestdiena, svētdiena (Category: lv:Days of the week)
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “nedēļa”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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