amorfs

Latvian

Etymology

Via some other European language, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄμορφος (ámorphos, “without form, shapeless, deformed”), itself from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

amorfs (definite amorfais, comparative amorfāks, superlative visamorfākais, adverb amorfi)

  1. (physics, chemistry) amorphous (having a non-crystalline structure; with atoms and molecules chaotically distributed)
    dabiskie amorfie ķermeņi ― natural amorphous bodies
    mākslīgie amorfie ķermeņi ― artificial amorphous bodies
    amorfais ogleklis ― amorphous carbon
  2. (linguistics, of languages) isolating (having words formed only with roots, without affixes)
    amorfās, izolējošās jeb sakņu valodas ― amorphous, isolating, or root languages

Declension

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