amorfs

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Latvian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Via some other European language, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἄμορφος (ámorphos, without form, shapeless, deformed), itself from ἀ- (a-, without) + μορφή (morphḗ, form).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

amorfs (definite amorfais, comparative amorfāks, superlative visamorfākais, adverb amorfi)

  1. (physics, chemistry) amorphous (having a non-crystalline structure; with atoms and molecules chaotically distributed)
    dabiskie amorfie ķermeņinatural amorphous bodies
    mākslīgie amorfie ķermeņiartificial amorphous bodies
    amorfais ogleklisamorphous carbon
  2. (linguistics, of languages) isolating (having words formed only with roots, without affixes)
    amorfās, izolējošās jeb sakņu valodasamorphous, isolating, or root languages

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