aparāts

Latvian

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately from Latin apparātus, the perfect passive participle of apparō (“to prepare”).

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Noun

aparāts m (1st declension)

  1. device, appliance, set, machine, contraption
    telefona aparāts ― telephone set
    aparāta detaļas ― pieces, parts of the machine
    konstruēt sarežģītu aparātu - to build a complex device
  2. a set of organs of the body that together have a single function; apparatus, system
    dzirdes, runas apārats - the hearing, the speech apparatus
    elpošanas apārats - the respiratory system
  3. structure of an institution, its components, departments, employees, etc.
    valsts aparāts ― the structure of the state
    pārkārtot administrativo aparātu ― rearrange the administrative system

Declension

Declension of aparāts (1st declension)
singular plural
nominative aparāts aparāti
genitive aparāta aparātu
dative aparātam aparātiem
accusative aparātu aparātus
instrumental aparātu aparātiem
locative aparātā aparātos
vocative aparāt aparāti

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