esamība

A word coined at the beginning of the 19th century, apparently from a (non-existing) present passive participle *esams (compare Lithuanian ẽsamas (“being”), Latvian esošs) +‎ -ība. J. Endzelīns considered the word wrong; in 1935, he proposed (unsuccesfully) esme and ira as replacements. A new, and still in use, synonym esība was coined in 1963.[1]

• IPA^(key): [æsamīːba]

esamība f (4th declension)

1. (philosophy) being, existence (the objectively existing world, independent from consciousness)

   esamības daudzveidība ― the diversity of being, existence

   domāšanas attieksmes pret esamību ― the position, relation of thinking to being

   apziņa ir esamības atspoguļojums ― consciousness is the reflection of being, existence

2. existence (the fact of existing)

   Ieva atvēra acis un priekā iekliedzās: “saule! saule!”; te šinī brīdī viņa izjuta absoluta skaistuma esamību ― Ieva opened (her) eyes and screamed with joy: “the sun! the sun!”; here in this moment she felt the existence of absolute beauty

   cilvēki jau sen pazīst vielas, kas ietekmē centrālās nervu sistēmas darbību un emocionālo sfēru; šādu vielu esamība norādīja uz iespējamo ceļu, kā regulēt cilvēka psihisko procesu norisi ― people have long known substances that influence the working of the central nervous system and the emotional sphere; the existence of such substances pointed to a possible way of regulating the occurrence of mental processes

   patiesībā laiks, tāpat kā telpa, ir vienīgi matērijas esamības forma, kas nepastāv ārpus matērijas un izmainās līdz ar matērijas maiņām ― in fact, time, like space, is only a form of existence of matter, which does not exist outside of matter and changes together with the changes in matter

• būšana
• eksistence
• esība