fotogrāfs

See also: fotografs and fotògrafs

Latvian

Fotogrāfs

Etymology

Via some other European language, ultimately a modern coinage based on Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”) (combining form φωτ- (phōt-)) and γράφω (gráphō, “to scratch, to scrape, to graze; to write”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

fotogrāfs m (1st declension, feminine form: fotogrāfe)

1. (male) photographer (man who takes photographs, typically as an occupation; a specialist in photography)

   redakcijas fotogrāfs ― editorial, newspaper photographer

   mākslas fotogrāfs ― art photographer

   doties pie fotogrāfa ― to go to the photographer

   mācīties par fotogrāfu ― to study (to be) a photographer

   Pavločevs turēja rokās stūri tik cītīgi, it ka pozētu fotogrāfam ― Pavločevs held the steering wheel tight in his hands, as if posing to a photographer

   mūsu fotogrāfi aizvien biežāk rīko portretu izstādes ― our photographers are organizing portrait exhibitions increasingly more often

Declension

Declension of fotogrāfs (1st declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	fotogrāfs	fotogrāfi
genitive	fotogrāfa	fotogrāfu
dative	fotogrāfam	fotogrāfiem
accusative	fotogrāfu	fotogrāfus
instrumental	fotogrāfu	fotogrāfiem
locative	fotogrāfā	fotogrāfos
vocative	fotogrāf	fotogrāfi

Related terms

• fotogrāfija
• fotogrāfisks
• fotografēt