aritmētika
See also: aritmetika and aritmētikā
Latvian
Etymology
Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀριθμητική (τέχνη) (arithmētikḗ (tékhnē), “(art of) counting”), feminine of ἀριθμητικός (arithmētikós, “arithmetical”), from ἀριθμός (arithmós, “number, counting”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ri-dʰh₁-mó-s, form of *h₂rey- (“to count, reason”).
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Noun
aritmētika f (4th declension)
- (mathematics) arithmetic (branch of mathematics that studies numbers and their operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
- aritmētikas likumi ― the laws of arithmetic
- pasaulslavenais matemātiķis K. Gauss savā laikā izvirzīja devīzi, kurā viņš aritmētiku nosauca par matemātikas valdnieci ― world famous mathematician K. Gauss in his time had a saying in which he declared arithmetic (to be) the queen of mathematics
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | aritmētika | — |
| genitive | aritmētikas | — |
| dative | aritmētikai | — |
| accusative | aritmētiku | — |
| instrumental | aritmētiku | — |
| locative | aritmētikā | — |
| vocative | aritmētika | — |