Latvian

Skolotājs

Noun

skolotājs m (1st declension, feminine form: skolotāja)

1. (male) teacher (man who teaches schoolchildren at a school)

   stingrs, prasīgs skolotājs‎ ― strict, demanding teacher

   vidusskolas skolotājs‎ ― secondary school teacher

   mūzikas skolas skolotājs‎ ― music school teacher

   matemātikas, vēstures skolotājs‎ ― mathematics, history teacher

   skolotāju istaba‎ ― teachers' room

2. (male) teacher (outstanding specialist, e.g., in an area of arts or sciences) from whom people learn, who has many followers, successors in his work)

   šo studiju beigušie aktieri veidojušies un izauguši Eduarda Smilga tiešā un dziļā ietekmē un arī šodien mākslā nav aizmirsuši skolotāja principus‎ ― the actors graduating from this course have emerged and grown in the art under the direct and deep influence of Eduards Smilgs, and even today in (their) art they have not forgotten (their) teacher's principles

Declension

Related terms

• skolēns
• skolnieks, skolniece

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “skola”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7