mirstība

From mirt (present stem: mirst- (“to die”) +‎ -ība. A relatively recent word, it replaced 17th-century miršums (“mortality”), no longer in use.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [mīɾstiːba]

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• IPA^(key): [mîɾstiːba]

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mirstība f (4th declension)

1. mortality (the quality or state of being mortal)

   cilvēku mirstība ― people's (= human) mortality

   daudzus gadsimtus akūtās bērnu infekcijas bija viens no galvenajiem bērnu mirstības cēloņiem ― for many decades acute infections in children were one of the main causes of child mortality

2. mortality (in a given population, the number of deaths by 1000 people)

   mirstības līmenis ― mortality rate

   mirstības samazināšana ― decrease in mortality

   mirstība no infarkta ― mortality from infarct

• (of "state of being mortal"): mirstīgums

• (antonym(s) of “of "mortality rate"”): dzimstība

• mironis
• mirstīgs, mirstīgums
• mirt

• nāve