zinība

See also: zinībā

Latvian

Etymology

A neologism, created from zina (“news, knowledge”) +‎ -ība in the second half of the 18th century by by Juris Alunāns, at first as zinātnība, later (1878) officially changed to zinība by a commission of the Riga Latvian society, and finally replaced by A. Kronvalds' coinage zinātne, which became the standard form in the beginning of the 20th century.[1]

Noun

zinība f (4th declension)

  1. (obsolete term) science

Declension

Declension of zinība (4th declension)
singular plural
nominative zinība zinības
genitive zinības zinību
dative zinībai zinībām
accusative zinību zinības
instrumental zinību zinībām
locative zinībā zinībās
vocative zinība zinības

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “zinātne”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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