nāvessods

== Latvian == === Alternative forms === nāves sods === Etymology === From nāves (“death[gen.]”) +‎ sods (“penalty”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === nāvessods m (1st declension) death penalty, capital punishment (the legal killing of a condemned criminal by the state as punishment for his or her crimes) mūsdienu Latvijā nāvessods nav piemērojams ― in modern Latvia the death penalty is not applied decembrī, Valmieras pamalē, Karātavu kalnā, izpildīja lauka karatiesas piespriestos nāvessodus vienpadsmit komunistiem un komjauniešiem ― in December, in the outskirts of Valmiera, on Karatāvu hill, (they) carried out the death penalties, ordered by military tribunal, of eleven communists and Komosomol members ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== nāvēt nāvīgs nāvinieks, nāviniece