mehānisms
Latvian
Etymology
Via some other European language, ultimately from Latin mechanismus, from Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós, “pertaining to machines or contrivance, mechanic, ingenious, inventive”), from μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “a machine, contrivance”).
Noun
mehānisms m (1st declension)
- mechanism, engine (system of elements in a machine, device, etc. that allows it to function by means of the motion of its elements)
- automašīnas stūres mehānisms ― car steering mechanism
- pulksteņa mehānisms ― clock mechanism
- skaņu pieraksta mehānisms ― sound recording engine
- iedarbināt mehānismu ― to start the engine
- izjaukt mehānismu ― to disassemble the mechanism
- mechanism (system, especially if complex, for producing some work, some result)
- pārvaldes mehānisms ― administrative mechanism
- valsts mehānisms ― the mechanism of the state
- mechanism (system of processes, phenomena, actions, etc. in which one element affects or triggers others)
- domāšanas mehānisms ― the mechanism of thinking
- organisma darbības mehānisms ― the mechanism of the body's activity
- pētīt ķīmiskās reakcijas mehānismu ― to study the mechanism of a chemical reaction
- pētījumi par evolūcijas un dzīvības procesu mehānismiem ― studies on the mechanism of evolution and the processes of life
Declension
Declension of mehānisms (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | mehānisms | mehānismi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | mehānismu | mehānismus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | mehānisma | mehānismu |
| dative (datīvs) | mehānismam | mehānismiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | mehānismu | mehānismiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | mehānismā | mehānismos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | mehānism | mehānismi |
Related terms
- mehānika
- mehāniķis, mehāniķe
- mehānisks