Latvian edit

Etymology edit

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin disciplina (instruction) (cf. also discipulus “student”), from discō (to learn).

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

disciplīna f (4th declension)

  1. discipline (well-defined and established order or system of rules which is obligatory to some group of people; obedience to this order)
    militārā disciplīnamilitary discipline
    ievērot disciplīnuto observe discipline
    iekšēja disciplīnainner discipline
    pakļauties disciplīnaito submit to discipline
    disciplīnas pārkāpējsdiscipline breaker
  2. discipline (a branch of science; a subject of teaching)
    humanitārās disciplīnashuman disciplines (= humanities)
    fizikas un matemātikas disciplīnasthe disciplines of physics and mathematics
    universitātē viņš piecus gadus studēja dabaszinātniskās und tehniskās disciplīnasat the university he studied natural science and technical disciplines
  3. discipline (a type of sport)
    startēt vairākās vieglatlētikas disciplīnāsto start a number of athetlic disciplines
    modernās pieccīņas pēdējā disciplīna - krosa skrējiensthe last discipline of the modern pentathlon (is) cross-country racing

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