uzsvars

Latvian

From uz- +‎ svars (“weight”).

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uzsvars m (1st declension)

emphasis, stress (the highlighting of, e.g., a thought, an idea, a formal element in a text, a work of art, etc.)
salikt uzvarus ― to put emphasis (on something)

“vai mums pietiks naudas?” - “gluži tukšā jau mēs neesam,” māte sacīja ar zīmīgu uzsvaru ― “will he have enough money?” - “we aren't in desperation (lit. in the empty),” mother said with a significant emphasis
(linguistics) stress, accent (higher intensity or tone in the pronunciation of a specific syllable of a word)
vārda, zilbes uzsvars ― word, syllable stress

vārda uzsvara galvenā funkcija latviešu valodā ir runas plūsmā nodalīt vienu vārdu no otra ― the main function of word stress in the Latvian language is to differentiate one word from another in the stream of speech
(music) accent (emphasis on parts of a melody)
ritmiskais uzsvars ― rhythmic accent

Declension of uzsvars (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	uzsvars	uzsvari
accusative (akuzatīvs)	uzsvaru	uzsvarus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	uzsvara	uzsvaru
dative (datīvs)	uzsvaram	uzsvariem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	uzsvaru	uzsvariem
locative (lokatīvs)	uzsvarā	uzsvaros
vocative (vokatīvs)	uzsvar	uzsvari