turpmāks

Latvian

Etymology

From one of several dialectal variants of an original form turpāk (“further”), the comparative of turp (“to there, thither”): turpanāk, turpenāk, turpināk, reduced to turpnāk → standard turpmāk with assimilation of p-n to p-m. The adjective form was later created by analogy.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tūɾpmâːk]

Adjective

turpmāks (definite turpmākais, adverb turpmāk)

  1. next, further, coming, following, subsequent, future, of the next part, of the continuation (located or happening after something else)
    turpmākajos gados ― in the coming years
    tuprmākajās spēlēs uzvarēja viesi ― in the next, following games the visitors won
    turpmākā attīstība, darbība ― future, coming development, activity
    viņš atrada ceļa biedri turpmākai dzīvei ― he found travel companions for (his) further, future life (= for the rest, the next part of his life)
    Andrejs likās nedzirdējis Līvijas turpmākos vārdus ― Andrejs seemed not to have heard Līvija's following, next words
    iepazīsimies tagad ar dažiem matemātiskās loģikas pamatjēdzieniem un simboliem, kuri tiks bieži lietoti turpmākajā izklāstā ― let us now get acquainted with some basic concepts and symbols of mathematical logics which will be frequently used in the following, subsequent presentation (= in the remainder of the presentation, in the next part of the presentation)

Declension

References

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