vēsture
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Latvian
Etymology
Coined by Atis Kronvalds in 1868, derived from vēstīt (“to herald, to announce”) (compare vēsts (“news”)). Its form was influenced by Ancient Greek ἱστορίᾱ (historíā, “inquiry, examination, research; news; retelling; history”); Kronvalds cited a word historija (no longer in use) as a synonym of vēsture. The concept of history had previously been expressed as stāsti (“stories”), pasaules stāsti (“world stories”) (compare German Geschichte (“stories; history”)), and, in the mid-19th century, also with the Russian-derived term istorija (compare исто́рия (istórija)).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
vēsture f (5th declension)
- history (a chain of events, a process seen as evolving in time)
- Zemes ģeoloģiskā vēsture ― the Earth's geological history
- pilsētas, novada vēsture ― city, regional history
- latviešu kultūras vēsture ― history of Latvian culture
- history (the past; past events)
- tas pieder vēsturei ― this is (lit. belongs to) history
- mācīties no vēstures ― to learn from history
- vēstures fakti ― historical facts
- ieiet vēsture ― to enter history (= become famous)
- history (the science that studies the development of human societies in time)
- vēstures fakultāte, muzejs ― history faculty, museum
- vēstures filozofija ― philosophy of history
- vēstures avoti ― historical sources
- pilsētas vēstures arhīvs ― city's historical archive
- studēt mākslas vēsture ― to study art history
- seno, senāko laiku vēsture ― older times (= ancient) history
- viduslaiku vēsture ― middle times (= medieval) history
- jauno, jaunāko laiku vēsture ― newer times (= modern) history
Declension
Declension of vēsture (5th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | vēsture | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | vēsturi | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | vēstures | — |
| dative (datīvs) | vēsturei | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | vēsturi | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | vēsturē | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | vēsture | — |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Latgalian: viesture
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “vēsture”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN