literatūra
Latvian
Noun
literatūra f (4th declension)
Usage notes
Literatūra has the broader meaning of "collection of written works" ("technical literature", "juridical literature", etc.); in the narrower sense of literature as art, i.e. fiction, the word daiļliteratūra is preferred. As for the term rakstniecība, it refers more properly to the activity of writing itself, i.e. the writer's craft.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | literatūra | literatūras |
| genitive | literatūras | literatūru |
| dative | literatūrai | literatūrām |
| accusative | literatūru | literatūras |
| instrumental | literatūru | literatūrām |
| locative | literatūrā | literatūrās |
| vocative | literatūra | literatūras |
Synonyms
Derived terms
Lithuanian
Noun
literatūrà f (plural literatūros) stress pattern 2
- literature (body of all written works)
Declension
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | literatūrà | literatū̃ros |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | literatū̃ros | literatū̃rų |
| dative (naudininkas) | literatū̃rai | literatū̃roms |
| accusative (galininkas) | literatū̃rą | literatūràs |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | literatūrà | literatū̃romis |
| locative (vietininkas) | literatū̃roje | literatū̃rose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | literatū̃ra | literatū̃ros |