likums

== Latvian == === Etymology === From likt (“to put, to place”) +‎ -ums. The original meaning was probably “that which is placed, put,” later on (in the 17th century) “task, order, command.” The current legal meaning arose only in the early 19th century. Compare German Gesetz (“law”), from setzen (“to put, to place”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === likums m (1st declension) 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 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) (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) (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 ===