lineāls

See also: lineals, and Lineals

Latvian

Lineāli

Etymology

Probably borrowed from German Lineal (“ruler”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

lineāls m (1st declension)

1. ruler (flat, straight instrument for measuring or drawing, usually labeled with a length scale)

   trīsstūra lineāls ― triangular ruler

   mēroga lineāls ― scale ruler

   logaritmiskais lineāls ― slide rule (lit. logarithmic ruler)

   taisns kā lineāls ― straight as a ruler (i.e., completely straight)

   stūrmanis strādā ar lineālu, cirkuli un zīmuli, atzīmēdams kartē taisnāko ceļu no Kurzemes līdz zviedru krastiem ― the helmsman works with ruler, compass and pencil, drawing on the map the straightest path from Courland to the Swedish coast

Declension

Declension of lineāls (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	lineāls	lineāli
accusative (akuzatīvs)	lineālu	lineālus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	lineāla	lineālu
dative (datīvs)	lineālam	lineāliem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	lineālu	lineāliem
locative (lokatīvs)	lineālā	lineālos
vocative (vokatīvs)	lineāl	lineāli

Derived terms

• logaritmiskais lineāls