aparāts
Latvian
Etymology
Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin apparātus, the perfect passive participle of apparō (“prepare”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
aparāts m (1st declension)
- device, appliance, set, machine, contraption
- telefona aparāts ― telephone set
- aparāta detaļas ― pieces, parts of the machine
- konstruēt sarežģītu aparātu - to build a complex device
- a set of organs of the body that together have a single function; apparatus, system
- dzirdes, runas apārats - the hearing, the speech apparatus
- elpošanas apārats - the respiratory system
- structure of an institution, its components, departments, employees, etc.
- valsts aparāts ― the structure of the state
- pārkārtot administrativo aparātu ― rearrange the administrative system
Declension
Declension of aparāts (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | aparāts | aparāti |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | aparātu | aparātus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | aparāta | aparātu |
| dative (datīvs) | aparātam | aparātiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | aparātu | aparātiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | aparātā | aparātos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | aparāts | aparāti |
See also
- mašīna