kļūda
See also: kļūdā
Latvian
editEtymology
editFrom (still dialectally attested) kļūdīt, originally the iterative form of kļūt (“to become”) (q.v.), with the meaning “to reach, to get (somewhere),” later “to reach accidentally, by mistake”, “to get lost,” and then “to make a mistake” (a meaning still found in its surviving reflexive form kļūdīties). The corresponding noun kļūda probably evolved from “chance, accident” to “misfortune” and finally “mistake.” Cognates include Lithuanian kliàuda (“lack, blame, defect”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkļūda f (4th declension)
- error, mistake (something that fails to correspond to reality or truth; something that fails to follow existing rules, norms or requirements)
- gramatiska, pareizrakstības kļūda ― grammatical, spelling mistake
- stilistiska, stila kļūda ― stylistic mistake
- liktenīga kļūda ― fatal mistake
- labot kļūdas ― to correct mistakes
- darīt, pieļaut klūdas ― to make mistakes
- drukas kļūda, iespiedkļūda ― a print error (= a typo)
- rakstīt bez kļūdām ― to write without mistakes
- atzīt savas kļūdas ― to admit one's mistakes
- Līvija dara lielu kļūdu: viņa dēlam nestāsta neko par vīru ― Līvija is making a big mistake: she does not tell (her) son anything about (her) husband
- (statistics) error (the difference between the true value of a given variable and its measured or calculated value)
- praktiski izslēgtas mēriekārtās arī tā saucamās kalibrēšanas kļūdas ― in the measuring equipment, the so-called calibration errors are practically excluded
Declension
editDeclension of kļūda (4th declension)
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editReferences
edit- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “kļūda”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN