Latvian

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Ložmetēji

Etymology

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From lode (bullet) +‎ metējs (thrower, shooter).

Calque of Russian пулемёт (pulemjót); coined in 1922 by a terminology commission at the Latvian Ministry of Education.

Noun

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ložmetējs m (1st declension)

  1. machine gun

Declension

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