Latvian edit

Etymology edit

From pareizs (correct) +‎ rakstība (writing) (with rakstība from raksts (piece of writing) +‎ -ība).

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Noun edit

pareizrakstība f (4th declension)

  1. orthography, correct spelling (the officially correct way to spell words in a given language)
    latviešu valodas pareizrakstībathe orthography of Latvian
    pareizrakstības likumi, principispelling rules, principles
    pareizrakstības vārdnīcaspelling, orthographic dictionary
    labot pareizrakstības kļūdasto correct spelling mistakes
    Mancelis šai grāmatā lieto jaunu latviešu valodas pareizrakstībuin this book, Mancelis uses the new Latvian orthography
    Gunāram neveicās ar pareizrakstību... viņš nezināja, kur likt garumzīmes, neprata atšķirt gadījumus, kad raksta “g”, kad “k”Gunārs had no luck with spelling... he didn't know where to put the length marks (and) couldn't distinguish the cases in which “g” or “k” must be written

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