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likums Nov 28th 2012, 01:52 Created page with "==Latvian== ===Etymology=== From {{suffix|likt|ums|gloss1=to put, to place|lang=lv}}. The original meaning was probably "that which is placed, put," later on (in the 17th..." New page ==Latvian== ===Etymology=== From {{suffix|likt|ums|gloss1=to put, to place|lang=lv}}. The original meaning was probably "that which is placed, put," later on (in the 17th century) "task, order, command." The current legal meaning arose only in the early 19th century. Compare {{etyl|de|-}} {{term|Gesetz||law|lang=de}}, from {{term|setzen||to put, to place|lang=de}}.<ref>Karulis, Konstantīns. 1992, 2001. ''Latviešu etimoloģijas vārdnīca.'' Rīga: AVOTS. ISBN 9984700127.</ref> ===Pronunciation=== {{rfap|lang=lv}} ===Noun=== {{lv-noun|m|1st}} # [[law]] {{gloss|[[mandatory]] [[rule]] [[approve]]d and [[apply|applied]] by the [[government]]}} #: ''pieņemt '''likumu''' — to adopt a '''law''' #: '''''likum'''projekts, '''likuma''' projekts'' — bill, draft of '''law''' #: ''meža aizsardzības '''likumi''''' — forest protection '''laws''' #: '''''likuma''' burts'' — the letter of the '''law''' # [[law]] {{gloss|[[traditional]] or [[accept]]ed [[rule]] or [[norm]]}} #: ''pieklājības '''likumi''''' — the '''laws''' of decency #: ''viņš tika svētīt pēc visiem tēvutēvu '''likumiem''''' — he was blessed by all the '''laws''' of (our) father's father(s) # {{context|in [[science]]}} [[law]] {{gloss|[[essential]] [[relation]] between [[phenomenon|phenomena]] that [[describe]]s their [[future]] [[evolution]]}} #: ''izzināt '''likumu''''' — to find the '''law''' #: ''specifisks '''likums''''' — specific '''law''' #: ''dabas '''likums''''' — '''law''' of nature, natural '''law''' #: ''universāls, objektīvs '''likums''''' — universal, objective '''law''' #: '''''likuma''' darbības sfēra'' — the sphere of action (i.e., the scope) of a '''law''' #: ''komutatīvais '''likums''''' — commutative '''law''' (in mathematics, x+y = y+x) # {{context|of a [[topic]] of [[learning]]}} [[law]], [[rule]], [[principle]] #: ''stundām no vietas skolotājs dīdīja puikām vācu un latīņu gramatikas '''likumus''''' — for hours the teacher drilled the boys in the '''laws''', '''rules''' of German and Latin grammar ====Declension==== {{lv-decl-noun|likum|s|1st}} ====Derived terms==== * {{l|lv|likumīgs}}, {{l|lv|likumīgums}}, {{l|lv|likumība}} * {{l|lv|likumprojekts}}, {{l|lv|likuma projekts}} ===References=== <references /> [[Category:Latvian etymologies from LEV]] [[Category:lv:Law]]

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