izteiksme

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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).

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Noun

izteiksme f (5th declension)

  1. 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 izteiksmehappy facial expression
    apņēmīga sejas izteiksmeresolute facial expression
    domīga acu izteiksmethoughtful eye expression
  2. expression, language (artistic depiction of something, stylistic means to depict something)
    tēlaina izteiksmeimaginative, figurative language, expression
    rakstnieka izteiksmes meistarībaan 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
  3. expression, depiction, reflection (of something)
    visas tās pārvērtības, kas Latvijā norisinājās saimnieciskā, politiskā, nacionālās dzīves laukā, atradušas izteiksmi Raiņa grāmatāsall the transformations that happened in Latvia in the areas of economy, politics and national life, found expression, reflection in Rainis' books
  4. (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 modsin 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
  5. (mathematics) expression (a sequence of mathematical symbols)
    algebriska izteiksmealgebraic expression
    ja dotajam vienādojumam ir vairākas atrisinājumu virknes, tad sakņu izteiksmes jāmēģina apvienotif the given equation has a series of solutions, then one must try to combine the root expressions

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References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “teikt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN