disciplīna

Latvian

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin disciplina (“instruction”) (cf. also discipulus “student”), from discō (“to learn”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

disciplīna f (4th declension)

  1. discipline (well-defined and established order or system of rules which is obligatory to some group of people; obedience to this order)
    militārā disciplīna ― military discipline
    ievērot disciplīnu ― to observe discipline
    iekšēja disciplīna ― inner discipline
    pakļauties disciplīnai ― to submit to discipline
    disciplīnas pārkāpējs ― discipline breaker
  2. discipline (a branch of science; a subject of teaching)
    humanitārās disciplīnas ― human disciplines (= humanities)
    fizikas un matemātikas disciplīnas ― the disciplines of physics and mathematics
    universitātē viņš piecus gadus studēja dabaszinātniskās und tehniskās disciplīnas ― at the university he studied natural science and technical disciplines
  3. discipline (a type of sport)
    startēt vairākās vieglatlētikas disciplīnās ― to start a number of athetlic disciplines
    modernās pieccīņas pēdējā disciplīna - krosa skrējiens ― the last discipline of the modern pentathlon (is) cross-country racing

Declension

  • disciplinārs
  • disciplinēt
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