evolūcija

See also: evolucija and evolūcijā

Latvian

Bioloģiskā evolūcija

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin ēvolūtiō (“the act of unrolling, unfolding or opening (of a book)”), from ēvolūtus, perfect passive participle of ēvolvō (“unroll, unfold”), from ē (“out of”), short form of ex, and volvō (“roll”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

evolūcija f (4th declension)

1. evolution (change, progress, development transformation)

   psihes evolūcija ― the evolution of the psyche

2. (biology) evolution (the process of gradual transformation of biological organisms via accumulated changes in their gene pool)

   bioloģiskā evolūcija ― biological evolution

   evolūcijas teorija ― the theory of evolution

   saprātīgo būtņu evolūcija no pirmsbioloģiskas vielas ilgst ne mazāk par vienu miljardu gadu ― the evolution of sentient biengs from pre-biological substances lasts no less than one billion years

Declension

Declension of evolūcija (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	evolūcija	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	evolūciju	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	evolūcijas	—
dative (datīvs)	evolūcijai	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	evolūciju	—
locative (lokatīvs)	evolūcijā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	evolūcija	—

Synonyms

• attīstība
• progress

Related terms

• evolucionisms
• evolucionists, evolucioniste