racionālists
Latvian
Etymology
From racionāls (“rational”) + -ists. Probably not formed as such in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from some other European language.
Noun
racionālists m (1st declension, feminine form: racionāliste)
- (philosophy) (male) rationalist (a supporter or advocate of rationalism)
- racionālisti materiālisti, piemēram, Dekarts un Spinoza, balstījās uz matemātiku; no tā izrietēja viņu uzskati par telpu un laiku ― rationalist-materialists such as Descartes and Spinoza, base themselves on mathematics; from it derives their views on space and time
- (male) rationalist (a man who acts rationally, showing a reasoned attitude toward reality, based on logics, reason and thought)
- siena pļavā, kā dainās teikts, “zālīte ziedā mirst...” tikai viena un turklāt ums, racionālistiem, pārlieku saldsērīga rinda; taču ir vērts to izlasīt bez nievīguma ― in the hay meadow, as is said in the folk songs, “the grass dies in flower...” only one (line), and also, to us rationalists, a very sentimental one; but it is worthwhile to read it without scorn
- (architecture) (male) rationalist (architect who follows the school of rationalism)
- (art) (male) rationalist (artist whose creative work is characterized by rationalism)
Declension
Declension of racionālists (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | racionālists | racionālisti |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | racionālistu | racionālistus |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | racionālista | racionālistu |
dative (datīvs) | racionālistam | racionālistiem |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | racionālistu | racionālistiem |
locative (lokatīvs) | racionālistā | racionālistos |
vocative (vokatīvs) | racionālists | racionālisti |
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