Noun: uzsvars
Hyphenation:
Gender: Masculine
Declension:
Singular
| Nominative | uzsvars |
| Accusative | uzsvaru |
| Genitive | uzsvara |
| Dative | uzsvaram |
| Instrumental | uzsvaru |
| Locative | uzsvarā |
| Vocative | uzsvar |
Plural
| Nominative | uzsvari |
| Accusative | uzsvarus |
| Genitive | uzsvaru |
| Dative | uzsvariem |
| Instrumental | uzsvariem |
| Locative | uzsvaros |
| Vocative | uzsvari |
Sample Sentences
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salikt uzvarus (to put emphasis (on something))
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“vai mums pietiks naudas?” - “gluži tukšā jau mēs neesam,” māte sacīja ar zīmīgu uzsvaru (“will he have enough money?” - “we aren't in desperation (lit. in the empty),” mother said with a significant emphasis)
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vārda, zilbes uzsvars (word, syllable stress)
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vārda uzsvara galvenā funkcija latviešu valodā ir runas plūsmā nodalīt vienu vārdu no otra (the main function of word stress in the Latvian language is to differentiate one word from another in the stream of speech)
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ritmiskais uzsvars (rhythmic accent)
Nouns inflected like uzsvars
gredzens,
greznums,
sniegs,
salāts,
sakars,
diftongs,
smaids,
sonets,
sivēns,
dienests,
piecnieks,
skudrs,
skvērs,
skaits,
pacients,
vilciens,
realizējums,
skatiens,
izskats,
spoguļattēls, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From uz- + svars (“weight”).
Translations