burtnīca

See also: burtnīcā

Latvian

Burtnīca

Alternative forms

Etymology

From burts (“letter”) +‎ -nīca. A neologism by Atis Kronvalds, proposed in 1869 in the form burtnīce, but since 1870, by K. Valdemārs' influence, as burtnīca.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [būrtnìtsa]
(file)

Noun

burtnīca f (4th declension)

  1. notebook (a book with blank pages for writing, drawing, etc.)
    līniju burtnīca, burtnīca ar līnijām ― ruled notebook
    rūtiņu burtnīca, burtnīca ar rūtiņām ― notebook with square grid lines
    nošu burtnīca ― sheet music book
    zīmēšanas burtnīca ― drawing book
    sacerējumu burtnīca ― essay book
    piezīmju burtnīca ― notes book
  2. fascicule, fascicle (discrete portion of a book, published separately)
    izdot vārdnīcu burtnīcās ― to publish a dictionary in fascicles
    iznākusi romāna pēdējā burtnīca ― the novel's last fascicle has come out
  3. (bookbinding) quire (set of folded sheets of paper stitched together)
    salikt loksnes burtnīcā ― to set up, compose sheets into a quire

Declension

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “burtnīca”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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