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Latvian
Etymology
From izteik(t) (“to express”) + -sme (with izteikt from iz- + teikt (“to say, to tell”)). In the grammatical sense, this term was first used in 1889 by A. Stērste; previously other expressions had been used (izteikšana, izteikšanas kārta).
Pronunciation
Noun
izteiksme f (5th declension)
- expression (the showing, usually in the face, the eyes, etc., of a psychological state, of a character or personality treat; also, such a look)
- priecīgas sejas izteiksme ― happy facial expression
- apņēmīga sejas izteiksme ― resolute facial expression
- domīga acu izteiksme ― thoughtful eye expression
- expression, language (artistic depiction of something, stylistic means to depict something)
- tēlaina izteiksme ― imaginative, figurative language, expression
- rakstnieka izteiksmes meistarība ― an author's expressive skill (lit. skill of expression)
- dzejnieks ir neatlaidīgi strādājis pie savas izteiksmes izkopšanas, un viņa darbam ir rezultāti: svaiga, negaidīta atskaņa, veikls rindu lauzums... ― the poet has consistently worked on perfecting his language, and his work has had results: fresh, unexpected rhyme, deft, skillful line breaks
- expression, depiction, reflection (of something)
- visas tās pārvērtības, kas Latvijā norisinājās saimnieciskā, politiskā, nacionālās dzīves laukā, atradušas izteiksmi Raiņa grāmatās ― all the transformations that happened in Latvia in the areas of economy, politics and national life, found expression, reflection in Rainis' books
- (grammar, linguistics) mood (grammatical category that expresses the relation of the action described by a verb to reality)
- latviešu valodā verbam ir piecas izteiksmes jeb modi: īstenības izteiksme jeb indikatīvs, pavēles izteiksme jeb imperatīvs, vajadzības izteiksme jeb debitīvs, vēlējuma izteiksme jeb kondicionālis un atstāstījuma izteiksme jeb relatīvais mods ― in the Latvian language (there) are five moods: the real mood or indicative, the ordering mood or imperative, the necessity mood or debitive, the wishful mood or conditional, and the telling mood or relative mood
- (mathematics) expression (a sequence of mathematical symbols)
- algebriska izteiksme ― algebraic expression
- ja dotajam vienādojumam ir vairākas atrisinājumu virknes, tad sakņu izteiksmes jāmēģina apvienot ― if the given equation has a series of solutions, then one must try to combine the root expressions
Declension
Declension of izteiksme (5th declension)
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