Latvian

Noun

aparāts m (1st declension)

1. device, appliance, set, machine, contraption

   telefona aparāts‎ ― telephone set

   aparāta detaļas‎ ― pieces, parts of the machine

   konstruēt sarežģītu aparātu - to build a complex device

2. a set of organs of the body that together have a single function; apparatus, system

   dzirdes, runas apārats - the hearing, the speech apparatus

   elpošanas apārats - the respiratory system

3. structure of an institution, its components, departments, employees, etc.

   valsts aparāts‎ ― the structure of the state

   pārkārtot administrativo aparātu‎ ― rearrange the administrative system

Declension

See also

• mašīna