gadsimts

Latvian

Etymology

From gads (“year”) +‎ simts (“hundred”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡatsìmts]
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Noun

gadsimts m (1st declension)

  1. century (a time period of a hundred years; such a period as part of a calendar system)
    pagājušais gadsimts ― last century
    gadsimtiem ilgi ― for centuries
    divdesmitais gadsimts ― the 20th century
    Latvijas pilsētas šobrīd ātri maina savu gadsimtos veidoto seju ― Latvian cities now quickly change their centuries-old face
    Ēģiptes atradnes līdz 16. gadsimta vidum bija vienīgās smaragdu piegādātājas Austrumu zemēm ― Egyptian deposits were the only supplier of emeralds to Eastern lands until the mid-16th century

Declension

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