metafizika
See also: metafiziķa and metafizikā
Esperanto
Etymology
From metafiziko (“metaphysics”, noun) + -a (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /metafiˈzika/
- Rhymes: -ika
- Hyphenation: me‧ta‧fi‧zi‧ka
Adjective
metafizika (accusative singular metafizikan, plural metafizikaj, accusative plural metafizikajn)
- metaphysical
- Hypernym: supernatura
References
- “metafizika”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997
Latvian
Etymology
Via some other European language, from Latin metaphysica, from Byzantine Greek μεταφυσικά (metaphusiká), from the title of the collection by Aristotle μετὰ τὰ φυσικά (metà tà phusiká), a collection that comes after (= μετά (metá)) Aristotle's collection entitled τὰ φυσικά (tà phusiká), from φυσικός (phusikós, “natural”).
Noun
metafizika f (4th declension)
- metaphysics (branch of philosophy that studies the first principles meant to explain all that exists; the specific metaphysical teaching of a certain school of thought or philosopher)
- Aristoteļa metafizika ― Aristotle's metaphysics
- mūsdienu metafizika ― modern metaphysics
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | metafizika | — |
| genitive | metafizikas | — |
| dative | metafizikai | — |
| accusative | metafiziku | — |
| instrumental | metafiziku | — |
| locative | metafizikā | — |
| vocative | metafizika | — |
Related terms
See also
Malagasy
Etymology
From French métaphysique.
Noun
metafizika
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
metafìzika f (Cyrillic spelling метафѝзика)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | metafizika | metafizike |
| genitive | metafizike | metafizika |
| dative | metafizici | metafizikama |
| accusative | metafiziku | metafizike |
| vocative | metafiziko | metafizike |
| locative | metafizici | metafizikama |
| instrumental | metafizikom | metafizikama |
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɛtafìːzika/
Noun
metafízika f
- metaphysics (branch of philosophy that studies first principles)
Declension
| Feminine, a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| nominative | metafízika | |
| genitive | metafízike | |
| singular | ||
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
metafízika | |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
metafízike | |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
metafíziki | |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
metafíziko | |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
metafíziki | |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
metafíziko | |