antonīms
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See also: antònims
Latvian
Etymology
A modern coinage, meant to be the opposite of sinonīms, with components derived from Ancient Greek ἀντί (antí, “against”) and ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”), with variants that arose in various European languages around 1850-1870. It was borrowed into Latvian and made into a masculine first-declension noun (ending -s), by analogy with sinonīms.
Pronunciation
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Noun
antonīms m (1st declension)
- antonym (one of two or more linguistic elements with opposed meanings)
- leksiskie antonīmi ― lexical antonyms
- vardam “melns” antonīms ir “balts” ― the antonyms of the word “black” is “white”
- aptaujas lapā bija minēti 43 antonīmi ― in the questionnaire, 43 antonyms were mentioned
Declension
Declension of antonīms (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | antonīms | antonīmi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | antonīmu | antonīmus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | antonīma | antonīmu |
| dative (datīvs) | antonīmam | antonīmiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | antonīmu | antonīmiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | antonīmā | antonīmos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | antonīm | antonīmi |