See also: rakstniecībā

Latvian

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Etymology

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From rakstnieks (writer) +‎ -ība (with k > c via palatalization), with rakstnieks from raksts (writing) +‎ -nieks.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rakstniecība f (4th declension)

  1. literature (creative work as a form of art, registered in written form; corpus of creative literary and folkloric texts that belong to a certain culture or people)
    latviešu rakstniecības vēsturethe history of Latvian literature
    rakstniecības teorijatheory of literature
  2. literature (the work of a literary writer)
    nodarboties ar rakstniecībuto busy oneself with literature
    1908. gadā Upīts aiziet no skolotāja darba un nododas tikai rakstniecībaiin 1908 Upīts quits his teaching job and dedicates himself only to literature

Usage notes

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Rakstniecība refers more directly to the writer's craft, i.e. literary work, as well as to the results of this work, while daiļliteratūra is more appropriately used for literature or fiction as a form of creative art. As for literatūra, it can have the broader sense of "body of texts", even non-artistic ones ("technical literature", "juridical literature", etc.).

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