nedēļa

nedēļa

See also: nedeľa, nedeļa, nedeļā, and nedēļā

Latvian

Nedēļa (1)

Alternative forms

• (dialectal forms) nedeļa, nedele

Etymology

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, Livonian nädíl, 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]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɛdɛ̄ːʎa]

Noun

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

Declension

Declension of nedēļa (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	nedēļa	nedēļas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	nedēļu	nedēļas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	nedēļas	nedēļu
dative (datīvs)	nedēļai	nedēļām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	nedēļu	nedēļām
locative (lokatīvs)	nedēļā	nedēļās
vocative (vokatīvs)	nedēļa	nedēļas

Derived terms

• šonedēļ, tonedēļ
• nākamnedēļ, nākošnedēļ

See also

(days of the week) nedēļas dienas; pirmdiena, otrdiena, trešdiena, ceturtdiena, piektdiena, sestdiena, svētdiena ^{(Category: lv:Days of the week)}

References

1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “nedēļa”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN