Latvian

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Ancient Greek θεωρία (theōría, contemplation, speculation, a looking at, things looked at), from θεωρέω (theōréō, I look at, view, consider, examine), from θεωρός (theōrós, spectator), from θέα (théa, a view) + ὁράω (horáō, I see, look).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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teorija f (4th declension)

  1. theory

Declension

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Derived terms

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Lithuanian

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Lithuanian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek θεωρῐ́ᾱ (theōríā), perhaps via Polish teoria or Russian тео́рия (teórija).

Noun

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teòrija f (plural teòrijos) stress pattern 1

  1. theory
    sąmokslo teorijaconspiracy theory
    bendroji reliatyvumo teorijageneral theory of relativity
    žaidimų teorijagame theory
    teorija ir praktikatheory and practice

Declension

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Further reading

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Maltese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian teoria.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tɛ.ɔˈriː.ja/, /tjɔˈriː.ja/

Noun

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teorija f (plural teoriji)

  1. theory
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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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tèōrija f (Cyrillic spelling тѐо̄рија)

  1. theory

Declension

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Slovene

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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teorȋja f

  1. theory

Inflection

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. teoríja
gen. sing. teoríje
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
teoríja teoríji teoríje
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
teoríje teoríj teoríj
dative
(dajȃlnik)
teoríji teoríjama teoríjam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
teoríjo teoríji teoríje
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
teoríji teoríjah teoríjah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
teoríjo teoríjama teoríjami
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