ortogrāfija
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See also: ortografija and ortogrāfijā
Latvian
Etymology
Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin orthographia, itself a borrowing from Hellenistic Ancient Greek ὀρθογραφία (orthographía), from ὀρθός (orthós, “correct”) and γράφω (gráphō, “write”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ortogrāfija f (4th declension)
- orthography, correct spelling (the officially correct way to spell words in a given language)
- ortogrāfijas principi ― orthographic principles
- vecā ortogrāfija ― old orthography (in Latvia, before the 1920s)
- jaunā ortogrāfija ― new orthography (in Latvia, after the 1920s)
- 1918. gadā padomju valdība pieņēma lēmumu par krievu ortogrāfijas grozīšanu ― in 1918 the Soviet government adopted a decision on the amendment of the Russian orthography
- viena no meitenēm paskaidro ortogrāfijas likumus, bet kāds zēns pasaka interpunkcijas likumus ― one of the girls explains the orthography rules, while a boy talks about punctuation rules
Declension
Declension of ortogrāfija (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | ortogrāfija | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | ortogrāfiju | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | ortogrāfijas | — |
| dative (datīvs) | ortogrāfijai | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | ortogrāfiju | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | ortogrāfijā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | ortogrāfija | — |