Frombrīvs(“free”) +-ība. First attested in the late 18th, early 19th century with the meaning (legally, juridically given) “permission,” “privilege.”[1]
brīvība f (4th declension)
- (political science,politics)freedom,liberty(situation in which there is nopolitical,social,economical,juridical)subordination,dependence)
- personasbrīvība ―personal, individualfreedom,liberty
- demokrātiskāsbrīvības ―democraticfreedoms,liberties
- vārda, preses, sirdsapziņasbrīvība ―freedom of speech, of press, of conscience
- sapulčubrīvība ―freedom of reunion
- koloniālo tautubrīvības cīņas ―colonial peoples' struggle forfreedom
- freedom,liberty(situation in which aperson oranimal is notimprisoned)
- laist gūsteknibrīvībā ―to let a prisonergo free (lit.in freedom)
- sodīt arbrīvībās atņemšanu ―to punish by imprisonment (lit. by removal offreedom)
- tur vārnai deva pilnīgubrīvību ―there they gave the crow completefreedom
- freedom,liberty(having noconstraints on one'spossibilities formoving oracting)
- izvēles, rīcībasbrīvība ―freedom of choice, of action
- brīvība domāt, spriest, lemt ―freedom to think, to judge, to decide
- dot bērnam vairākbrīvības ―to give the child morefreedom
- (philosophy)freedom(thecapacity torealize andexpress one'swill, inaccordance with thelaws ofnature)
- brīvība un nepieciešamība ―freedom and necessity
The wordbrīvība is the most frequent term used in the sense “freedom,” “liberty.” Its synonymsbrīve,brīvestība, andsvabadība, though attested, are clearly dated or old-fashioned.
