gadsimts
Latvian
Etymology
From gads (“year”) + simts (“hundred”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡatsìmts]
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Noun
gadsimts m (1st declension)
- century (a time period of a hundred years; such a period as part of a calendar system)
- pagājušais gadsimts ― last century
- gadsimtiem ilgi ― for centuries
- divdesmitais gadsimts ― the 20th century
- Latvijas pilsētas šobrīd ātri maina savu gadsimtos veidoto seju ― Latvian cities now quickly change their centuries-old face
- Ēģiptes atradnes līdz 16. gadsimta vidum bija vienīgās smaragdu piegādātājas Austrumu zemēm ― Egyptian deposits were the only supplier of emeralds to Eastern lands until the mid-16th century