fakts

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin factum (“a deed, act, exploit; in Medieval Latin also state, condition, circumstance”), neuter of factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“to do, to make”).

• IPA^(key): [fakts]

fakts m (1st declension)

1. fact (a true, real event or phenomenon)

   nenoliedzams, objektīvs fakts ― undeniable, objective fact

   konstatēt faktu ― to establish a fact

   faktu materiāls ― factual material, information

   minēt pierādījumam dažus faktus ― to mention several facts in the proof

   dzīve ir nepārtraukta kustība... šie vārdi nav ne patētiska frāze, nedz filofosika atziņa, bet vienkārši fakts ― life is continuous motion... these words are not a pathetic sentence or a philosophical thesis, but simply a fact

   neko lielu nopirkt viņš nevarēja, taču galvenais nebija dāvanas vērtība, bet pats fakts, ka tu esi atcerējies savus tuviniekus un paradījis viņiem šo mazo uzmanību ― he couldn't buy anything great, but the important thing was not the value of the gift, but the very fact that you remembered your loved ones and showed them this little (proof of) care

2. fact (knowledge gained via experience, on the basis of which conclusions are drawn)

   patiess fakts ― a true fact

   aplams fakts ― a false fact

   faktu pārbaude ― examination of the facts

• faktisks