Latvian

Noun

likums m (1st declension)

1. law (mandatory rule approved and applied by the government)

   pieņemt likumu‎ ― to adopt a law

   likumprojekts, likuma projekts‎ ― bill, draft of law

   meža aizsardzības likumi‎ ― forest protection laws

   pēc likuma, saskaņa ar likumu‎ ― according to the law

   rīkoties likuma vārdā‎ ― to act on behalf of, in the name of the law

   izdot likumus‎ ― to produce laws, to legislate

   pārkāpt likumu‎ ― to violate the law

   likuma burts‎ ― the letter of the law

2. law (traditional or accepted rule or norm)

   pieklājības likumi‎ ― the laws of decency

   viņš tika svētīt pēc visiem tēvutēvu likumiem‎ ― he was blessed by all the laws of (our) father's father(s)

3. (in science) law (essential relation between phenomena that describes their future evolution)

   izzināt likumu‎ ― to find the law

   specifisks likums‎ ― specific law

   dabas likums‎ ― law of nature, natural law

   universāls, objektīvs likums‎ ― universal, objective law

   likuma darbības sfēra‎ ― the sphere of action (i.e., the scope) of a law

   komutatīvais likums‎ ― commutative law (in mathematics, x+y = y+x)

4. (of a topic of learning) law, rule, principle

   pareizrakstības likumi‎ ― spelling rules

   stundām no vietas skolotājs dīdīja puikām vācu un latīņu gramatikas likumus‎ ― for hours the teacher drilled the boys in the laws, rules of German and Latin grammar

Declension

Synonyms

• norma
• noteikums

Derived terms

• likumīgs, likumīgums, likumība
• likumprojekts, likuma projekts

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “likums”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7