centrs – Latvian noun declension

Noun: centrs
Hyphenation:

Gender: Masculine Declension:

Singular

Nominative	centrs
Accusative	centru
Genitive	centra
Dative	centram
Instrumental	centru
Locative	centrā
Vocative	centr

Plural

Nominative	centri
Accusative	centrus
Genitive	centru
Dative	centriem
Instrumental	centriem
Locative	centros
Vocative	centri

Sample Sentences

riņķa līnijas centrs (circle center)
rotācijas centrs (rotation center)
simetrijas centrs (symmetry center)
lodes centrs (center of a sphere)
elipses centrs (ellipse center)
smaguma centrs (center' of gravity)
atrasties grupas centrā (to be located in the center of the group)
centra uzbrucējs (center forward (football player))
varavīksnenes centrā atrodas apaļas formas zīlīte (in the center of the iris is located the round-shaped pupil)
republikas centrs (the center of the Republic)
rajona centrs (the center of the district)
pilsētas centrs (city center)
Rīgas centrs (Riga's center, downtown Riga (also a district of Riga))
ciemata centrs (village center)
lauku centrs (rural center (locality serving a rural area))
Mārcis gāja uz centru, kur atradās skola, tiesas nams, lielākās mājas (Mācis went to the (city) center, where a school, a court house and the largest buildings were located)
viņi runāja par Brazīliju, kuras lielākos centros Toms bija bijis (they were talking about Brazil, to whose larger centers Toms had been)
uz vienas no peldošajām bāzēm atrodas kopējais vadošais centrs, kas savukārt apvieno un vada visu zvejas flotiļu darbu (in one of the floating bases is located the general control center, which unites and manages the work of the whole fishing fleet)
zinātnes centrs (scientific center)
mākslas centrs (arts center)
rūpniecības centrs (industrial center)
tirdzniecības centrs (commercial center)
republikas kardioloģiskais centrs (the Republic's cardiology center)
būt sarunu centrā (to be (lit. to be in) the center of the conversation)
atrasties uzmanības centrā (to be (lit. to be in) the center of attention)
redzes, dzirdes centrs (vision, hearing center)
kustību centrs (motion center)
elpošanas centrs (respiratory center)
runas centrs (speech center)
zemgarozas centri (subcortical centers)
centra koalīcija (central coalition)
saskaņas centrs (harmony center (name of a current Latvian political party))

Nouns inflected like centrs

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

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin centrum (“central”) (itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”)). See: Latin Nouns 'centrum'.