mirstība
See also: mirstībā
Latvian
Etymology
From mirt (present stem: mirst- (“to die”) + -ība. A relatively recent word, it replaced 17th-century miršums (“mortality”), no longer in use.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mīɾstiːba]
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- IPA(key): [mîɾstiːba]
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Noun
mirstība f (4th declension)
- mortality (the quality or state of being mortal)
- cilvēku mirstība ― people's (= human) mortality
- daudzus gadsimtus akūtās bērnu infekcijas bija viens no galvenajiem bērnu mirstības cēloņiem ― for many decades acute infections in children were one of the main causes of child mortality
- mortality (in a given population, the number of deaths by 1000 people)
- mirstības līmenis ― mortality rate
- mirstības samazināšana ― decrease in mortality
- mirstība no infarkta ― mortality from infarct
Declension
Declension of mirstība (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | mirstība | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | mirstību | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | mirstības | — |
| dative (datīvs) | mirstībai | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | mirstību | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | mirstībā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | mirstība | — |
Synonyms
- (of "state of being mortal"): mirstīgums
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “of "mortality rate"”): dzimstība
Related terms
See also
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “mirt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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