svešvārds
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Latvian
Etymology
From svešs (“unkonwn, strange, foreign”) + vārds (“word, name”).
Pronunciation
Noun
svešvārds m (1st declension)
- foreign word (a word borrowed from other languages)
- svešvārdu vārdnīca ― dictionary of foreign words
- “vai jūs Liepājā tik stingri ievērojat konspirāciju?” Kalvics ievaicājās, viņam tūliņ iepatikās šis Rīgā vēl maz lietotais svešvārds ― “are you all in Liepāja observing the conspiracy so strictly?” Kalvics inquired; that foreign word (= conspiracy), still little used in Riga, (clearly) immediately pleased him
- rakstiet gudri! lietojiet bagātīgi svešvārdus, speciālus terminus, tā, lai vienkāršs lasītājs neko daudz nevar saprast ― write clever! use liberally foreign words, special terms, so that the simple reader does not understand anything much
Declension
Declension of svešvārds (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | svešvārds | svešvārdi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | svešvārdu | svešvārdus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | svešvārda | svešvārdu |
| dative (datīvs) | svešvārdam | svešvārdiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | svešvārdu | svešvārdiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | svešvārdā | svešvārdos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | svešvārd | svešvārdi |