Meaning of likums | Babel Free

Definitions

1. law (mandatory rule approved and applied by the government)
   declension-1, masculine
2. bend
   declension-1, masculine
3. law (traditional or accepted rule or norm)
   declension-1, masculine
4. curve
   declension-1, masculine
5. law (essential relation between phenomena that describes their future evolution)
   declension-1, masculine
6. turn, turning
   declension-1, masculine
7. elbow (pipe fitting)
   declension-1, masculine
8. law, rule, principle
   declension-1, masculine
9. detour
   declension-1, masculine
10. roundabout way
    declension-1, masculine

Equivalents

Examples

“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

“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)

“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)

“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

CEFR level