EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
sports
- plural form of sport
Derived termsEdit
sport plural
VerbEdit
sports
- third-person singular simple present indicative form of sport
- (Reductive) To participate in sports; typically used by a person with little interest in the subject to derisively elide details of the activity in question. ("There's a lot of sportsing happening in Brazil this summer", said of the 2014 FIFA World Cup).
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FrenchEdit
LatvianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Probably via other European languages, ultimately a borrowing from English sport.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sports m (1st declension)
- sport, sports
- nodarboties ar sportu — to occupy oneself with, to practice sports
- sporta veidi — (types of) sports
- sporta būve / sporta bāze — gymnasium, sports facility
- sporta skola — sports school
- sporta medicīna — sports medicine
- sporta meistars — sports master
- cīņas sports — martial arts (lit. fighting sports)
- slēpošana ir patīkams sports — skiing is an enjoyable sport
- activity about which one is passionate
- sēņošana viņam ir sports — mushroom picking is a sport to him
DeclensionEdit
Declension of sports (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | sports | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | sportu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | sporta | — |
| dative (datīvs) | sportam | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | sportu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | sportā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | sport | — |
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