nedēļa

• (dialectal forms) nedeļa, nedele

Borrowed from Old East Slavic недѣлꙗ (nedělja, “Sunday, holiday, week”) (cf. Russian неде́ля (nedélja)); the same Old East Slavic word was borrowed by other local languages (cf. Estonian nädal, Lithuanian nedėlia, Livonian nädīļ, Latgalian nedeļa). The original Slavic meaning was “Sunday”, literally “non-working [day] (cf. Russian де́лать (délatʹ, “to do”)). Given its form, the word was probably borrowed before the 13th century, even though its first occurrences, already in its modern form, are in 17th-century dictionaries.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [nɛdɛ̄ːʎa]

nedēļa f (4th declension)

1. week (seven-day period from Monday to Sunday)

   katru nedēļu ― every week

   divas reizes nedēļā ― twice a week

   pagājušajā nedēļā ― last week

   smaga darba nedēļa ― a heavy work week

   nedēļas avīze ― weekly newspaper

   nedēļas tirgus ― weekly market

   Kalvics jau nedēļas sākumā papļāva drusku siena ― at the beginning of the week, Kalvics was already mowing some hay

2. week (any seven-day period, regardless of its beginning or end)

   jau nedēļu neesmu tur bijis ― I haven't been there for a week

   nedēļu ilgs atvaļinājums ― a one-week vacation

   viņa paauklēja uz rokām bērniņu, kurš bija ļoti sīciņš, varbūt vēl tik dažas nedēļas vecs ― she was nursing a baby that was really very small, maybe only a couple of weeks old

3. (dated sense, only plural) post-partum, post-natal period

   Annai uznāca nedēļas ― Anna is in (her) post-partum period

• šonedēļ, tonedēļ
• nākamnedēļ, nākošnedēļ

• days of the week: nedēļas dienas (appendix): pirmdiena · otrdiena · trešdiena · ceturtdiena · piektdiena · sestdiena · svētdiena ^[edit]