eksistence
See also: eksistencē
Latvian
Etymology
Via some other European language (cf. French existence, German Existenz), ultimately borrowed from Latin existentia (“existence”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
eksistence f (5th declension)
- existence, living, life, subsistence, survival (the fact of existing, of being or staying alive)
- hipotēze par dzīvības eksistenci uz citām planētām ― a hypothesis on the existence of life on other planets
- nodrošināta eksistence ― secure, protected existence
- eksistences apstākļi ― existence, subsistence conditions
- eksistences līdzekļi ― means of subsistence
- eksistences cīņa ― existential struggle, struggle for life
- eksistences minimums ― existence minimum (i.e., lowest income level necessary for existence)
- no šīs uzvaras pār hitlerisko Vāciju bija atkarīga mūsu eksistence ― our existence, survival was dependent on this victory over Hitlerist Germany
- noteicošie vides apstākļi, no kā tieši ir atkarīga zivju eksistence ūdenī, ir: skābekļa daudzums ūdenī, ūdens temperatūra, barības krājumi,... ― determining environmental conditions from which depends the existence, survival of fish in water are: the amount of oxygen in water, the water temperature, the food supplies,...
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | eksistence | — |
| genitive | eksistences | — |
| dative | eksistencei | — |
| accusative | eksistenci | — |
| instrumental | eksistenci | — |
| locative | eksistencē | — |
| vocative | eksistence | — |