priekšmets

Latvian

Etymology

From priekš- (before, ahead of) + mest (to throw), converted to a 1st-declension masculine noun. A calque of Latin obiectum; compare Polish przedmiot.

Noun

priekšmets m (1st declension)

  1. object, thing
  2. subject (field of study)
  3. (grammar) subject
    teikuma priekšmetssubject of a sentence

Declension

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