ontoloģija
See also: ontologija and ontoloģijā
Latvian
Etymology
Via some other European language, ultimately from Latin ontologia, from Ancient Greek ὤν (ṓn, “on”), present participle of εἰμί (eimí, “being, existing, essence”), and λόγος (lógos, “study of”), with the suffix -ia (Latvian -ija).
Noun
ontoloģija f (4th declension)
- ontology (branch of philosophy that studies being in its most general terms, its principles and structure; the ultimate essence and development of something)
- katrai zinātnes nozarei un katrai teorijai ir sava ontoloģija ― every branch of science and every theory has its own ontology
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ontoloģija | — |
| genitive | ontoloģijas | — |
| dative | ontoloģijai | — |
| accusative | ontoloģiju | — |
| instrumental | ontoloģiju | — |
| locative | ontoloģijā | — |
| vocative | ontoloģija | — |