filozofija

Via other European languages, ultimately from Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía), from φίλος (phílos, “beloved, friend”) and σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”) (with the suffix -ία (-ía), Latvian -ija).

filozofija f (4th declension)

1. (chiefly in the singular) philosophy (the study of ultimate, fundamental principles in nature, thought, and spirit)

   filozofijas vēsture ― history of philosophy

2. (chiefly in the singular) philosophy (the fundamental principles of a science or topic of study)

   matemātikas filozofija ― philosophy of mathematics

   valodas filozofija ― philosophy of language

3. philosophical teaching, school of thought

   Aristoteļa, Hēgeļa, Marksa filozofija ― Aristotelian, Hegelian, Marxist philosophy

4. (colloquial) thought, belief system; speculations

   šī bija lielākā gudrība un dziļākā puiša filozofija ― this was the boy's highest wisdom and deepest philosophy

• filozofs, filozofe
• filozofisks

filozòfija f (Cyrillic spelling филозо̀фија)

1. philosophy