turpmāks

From one of several dialectal variants of an original form turpāk (“further”), the comparative of turp (“to there, thither”): turpanāk, turpenāk, turpināk, reduced to turpnāk → standard turpmāk with assimilation of p-n to p-m. The adjective form was later created by analogy.^[1]

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turpmāks (definite turpmākais, adverb turpmāk)

1. next, further, coming, following, subsequent, future, of the next part, of the continuation (located or happening after something else)

   turpmākajos gados ― in the coming years

   tuprmākajās spēlēs uzvarēja viesi ― in the next, following games the visitors won

   turpmākā attīstība, darbība ― future, coming development, activity

   viņš atrada ceļa biedri turpmākai dzīvei ― he found travel companions for (his) further, future life (= for the rest, the next part of his life)

   Andrejs likās nedzirdējis Līvijas turpmākos vārdus ― Andrejs seemed not to have heard Līvija's following, next words

   iepazīsimies tagad ar dažiem matemātiskās loģikas pamatjēdzieniem un simboliem, kuri tiks bieži lietoti turpmākajā izklāstā ― let us now get acquainted with some basic concepts and symbols of mathematical logics which will be frequently used in the following, subsequent presentation (= in the remainder of the presentation, in the next part of the presentation)

• turp, turpināt, turpinājums