nākotne

See also: nākotnē

Latvian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From nāk(t) (“to come”) +‎ -otne. A neologism coined by Atis Kronvalds in 1869, initially in the form nākote, then nākatne. The modern form was later introduced by Krišjānis Valdemārs and Fricis Brīvzemnieks. As a grammatical term, it was first used by A. Stērste in 1879.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nāːkuôtnɛ]

Noun

nākotne f (5th declension)

  1. future (time period after the present; circumstances to exist after the present, current ones)
    skaista, gaiš nākotne ― beautiful, bright future
    tuvākā, tālākā nākotne ― nearest, distant future
    nākotnes cilvēks ― person of the future
    nākotnes cerības, uzdevumi ― future hopes, tasks
    kāda tu būsi nākotnē? ― what will you be like in the future?
  2. future (perspectives, prospects, possibilities, plans)
    mūsu bērnu nākotne ― our children's future
    pilsētas nākotne ― the future of the city
    šim uzņēmumam nav nākotnes ― this company has no future
    meži ir mūsu nākotne ― the forests are our future
    kritiķi viņam pareģoja slavenu nākotni ― the critics predicted a glorious (lit. famous) future for him
  3. (linguistics, grammar) future (verb form describing an action that will happen after the current time, after the time of speech)
    vienkāršā, saliktā nākotne ― simple, compound future
    pārveidot darbības vārdu nākotnes formā ― to put a verb in the future form

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References

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