Latvian

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Etymology

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From one of several dialectal variants of an original form turpāk (further), the comparative of turp (to there, thither): turpanāk, turpenāk, turpināk, reduced to turpnāk → standard turpmāk with assimilation of p-n to p-m. The adjective form was later created by analogy.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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turpmāks (definite turpmākais, adverb turpmāk)

  1. next, further, coming, following, subsequent, future, of the next part, of the continuation (located or happening after something else)
    turpmākajos gadosin the coming years
    tuprmākajās spēlēs uzvarēja viesiin the next, following games the visitors won
    turpmākā attīstība, darbībafuture, coming development, activity
    viņš atrada ceļa biedri turpmākai dzīveihe found travel companions for (his) further, future life (= for the rest, the next part of his life)
    Andrejs likās nedzirdējis Līvijas turpmākos vārdusAndrejs seemed not to have heard Līvija's following, next words
    iepazīsimies tagad ar dažiem matemātiskās loģikas pamatjēdzieniem un simboliem, kuri tiks bieži lietoti turpmākajā izklāstālet us now get acquainted with some basic concepts and symbols of mathematical logics which will be frequently used in the following, subsequent presentation (= in the remainder of the presentation, in the next part of the presentation)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “turpmāks”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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