jēdziens

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A new word coined in the 1870s from jēg(t) (“to know, to understand”) +‎ -iens.^[1]

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jēdziens m (1st declension)

1. concept, idea (an abstraction that reflects an object or a phenomenon in its essential characteristics)

   laika jēdziens ― the concept, idea of time

   jēdzienu klasifikācija ― classification of concepts, ideas

   jēdziena apjoms ― the range, extension of a concept

   jēdziena saturs ― the contents of a concept

   pilsētas skaistums - tas ir plašs jēdziens ― the beauty of a city, that is a broad concept

   ap pilīm auga nometnes, ko sauca par pils sētām... tā ar laiku radās vārds un jēdziens “pilsēta” ― camps grew around castles and were called castle fences (pils sētām)... with time this gave rise to the word and concept of “city” (pilsēta)

   mācību procesā skolēni no sajūtām un priekšstatiem pāriet uz jēdzieniem un vispārinājumiem, pāriet uz abstrakto domāsanu ― in the learning process, students move from feelings and ideas to concepts and generalizations, (they) move to abstract thought

• ideja
• priekšstats

• jēdzienisks

• jēga
• jēgt