trijnieks
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From trij (“three[obl. form]”) + -nieks.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
trijnieks m (1st declension)
- three, number three (digit or figure)
- uzrakstīt trijnieku ― to write the number three (i.e., 3)
- aplūkosim, piemēram, skaitli 593, kura pirmajā kārtā ir trijnieks ― let us consider, for example, the number 593, in whose first position is the (digit) three
- three (C, satisfactory, a school grade)
- institūtu pabeidza bez neviena trijnieka ― he finished college without a single three (= he only had better grades)
- something with the number three on it
- pīķa trijnieks ― the three of spades (playing card)
- three (people, animals, objects) together, a trio; a sports team consisting of three people
- man ir trijnieks rokā ― I have a set of three (nuts) in my hand
Declension edit
Declension of trijnieks (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | trijnieks | trijnieki |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | trijnieku | trijniekus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | trijnieka | trijnieku |
| dative (datīvs) | trijniekam | trijniekiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | trijnieku | trijniekiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | trijniekā | trijniekos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | trijniek | trijnieki |
See also edit
- Nominal numerals:
- 1 vieninieks, 2 divnieks, 3 trijnieks, 4 četrinieks, 5 piecnieks, 6 sešnieks, 7 septiņnieks, septītnieks, 8 astoņnieks, astotnieks, 9 deviņnieks, devītnieks, 10 desmitnieks