centrāls

From centrs (“center”) +‎ -āls. Probably not formed as such in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from another European language.

centrāls (definite centrālais, comparative centrālāks, superlative viscentrālākais, adverb centrāli)

1. central (located in the center; coming out of the center)

   Eiropas centrālā daļa ― Europe's central part

   centrālā apkure, centrālapkure ― central heating

   centrālā nervu sistēma ― central nervous system

2. central (main, most important)

   centrālais universālveikals ― central department store

   centrālais tirgus ― central market

   romāna centrālais tēls ― the novel's central character

   lugas centrālā ideja ― the (theater) play's central idea

• centrāle
• centralizēt, centralizācija
• centrālisms