jēdziens
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Latvian
Etymology
A new word coined in the 1870s from jēg(t) (“to know, to understand”) + -iens.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
jēdziens m (1st declension)
- concept, idea (an abstraction that reflects an object or a phenomenon in its essential characteristics)
- laika jēdziens ― the concept, idea of time
- jēdzienu klasifikācija ― classification of concepts, ideas
- jēdziena apjoms ― the range, extension of a concept
- jēdziena saturs ― the contents of a concept
- pilsētas skaistums - tas ir plašs jēdziens ― the beauty of a city, that is a broad concept
- ap pilīm auga nometnes, ko sauca par pils sētām... tā ar laiku radās vārds un jēdziens “pilsēta” ― camps grew around castles and were called castle fences (pils sētām)... with time this gave rise to the word and concept of “city” (pilsēta)
- mācību procesā skolēni no sajūtām un priekšstatiem pāriet uz jēdzieniem un vispārinājumiem, pāriet uz abstrakto domāsanu ― in the learning process, students move from feelings and ideas to concepts and generalizations, (they) move to abstract thought
Declension
Declension of jēdziens (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | jēdziens | jēdzieni |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | jēdzienu | jēdzienus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | jēdziena | jēdzienu |
| dative (datīvs) | jēdzienam | jēdzieniem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | jēdzienu | jēdzieniem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | jēdzienā | jēdzienos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | jēdzien | jēdzieni |
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References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “jēga”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN