mirstība

See also: mirstībā

Latvian

Etymology

From mirt (present stem: mirst- (“to die”) +‎ -ība. A relatively recent word, it replaced 17th-century miršums (“mortality”), no longer in use.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mīɾstiːba]
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  • IPA(key): [mîɾstiːba]
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Noun

mirstība f (4th declension)

  1. mortality (the quality or state of being mortal)
    cilvēku mirstība ― people's (= human) mortality
    daudzus gadsimtus akūtās bērnu infekcijas bija viens no galvenajiem bērnu mirstības cēloņiem ― for many decades acute

infections in children were one of the main causes of child mortality

  1. mortality (in a given population, the number of deaths by 1000 people)
    mirstības līmenis ― mortality rate
    mirstības samazināšana ― decrease in mortality
    mirstība no infarkta ― mortality from infarct

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References

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