disciplīna
Latvian
Etymology
Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin disciplina (“instruction”) (cf. also discipulus “student”), from discō (“to learn”).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
disciplīna f (4th declension)
- discipline (well-defined and established order or system of rules which is obligatory to some group of people; obedience to this order)
- militārā disciplīna ― military discipline
- ievērot disciplīnu ― to observe discipline
- iekšēja disciplīna ― inner discipline
- pakļauties disciplīnai ― to submit to discipline
- disciplīnas pārkāpējs ― discipline breaker
- discipline (a branch of science; a subject of teaching)
- humanitārās disciplīnas ― human disciplines (= humanities)
- fizikas un matemātikas disciplīnas ― the disciplines of physics and mathematics
- universitātē viņš piecus gadus studēja dabaszinātniskās und tehniskās disciplīnas ― at the university he studied natural science and technical disciplines
- discipline (a type of sport)
- startēt vairākās vieglatlētikas disciplīnās ― to start a number of athetlic disciplines
- modernās pieccīņas pēdējā disciplīna - krosa skrējiens ― the last discipline of the modern pentathlon (is) cross-country racing
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | disciplīna | disciplīnas |
| genitive | disciplīnas | disciplīnu |
| dative | disciplīnai | disciplīnām |
| accusative | disciplīnu | disciplīnas |
| instrumental | disciplīnu | disciplīnām |
| locative | disciplīnā | disciplīnās |
| vocative | disciplīna | disciplīnas |
Related terms
- disciplinārs
- disciplinēt