burtstabiņš

Latvian

Burtstabiņi

Etymology

From burts (letter) + stabiņš (block) (with stabiņš from stabs (pole, post) + -iņš (dim.)).
Possibly a calque of German "Buchstabe"

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

burtstabiņš m (1st declension)

  1. (typography) type, font (typesetting printing unit; a little metal block with a letter engraved on one side)
    svina, koka burtstabiņilead, wooden types

Declension

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