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Latvian
Etymology
Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀριθμητική (τέχνη) (arithmētikḗ (tékhnē), “(art of) counting”), feminine of ἀριθμητικός (arithmētikós, “arithmetical”), from ἀριθμός (arithmós, “number, counting”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ri-dʰh₁-mó-s, form of *h₂rey- (“to count, reason”).
Pronunciation
Noun
aritmētika f (4th declension)
- (mathematics) arithmetic (branch of mathematics that studies numbers and their operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
- aritmētikas likumi ― the laws of arithmetic
- pasaulslavenais matemātiķis K. Gauss savā laikā izvirzīja devīzi, kurā viņš aritmētiku nosauca par matemātikas valdnieci ― world famous mathematician K. Gauss in his time had a saying in which he declared arithmetic (to be) the queen of mathematics
Declension
Declension of aritmētika (4th declension)
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