No. 338 in Latvian

tiesību

The Latvian word "tiesību" means "rights" or "law" (genitive plural form).

In a sentence

Man ir visas tiesības izteikt savu viedokli.
I have all the rights to express my opinion.
Here, 'tiesības' is used to indicate one's legal or moral rights to perform an action.
Cilvēktiesību aizsardzība ir ļoti svarīga.
The protection of human rights is very important.
'tiesību' is part of the compound 'cilvēktiesību', meaning 'human rights', denoting specific types of rights pertaining to individuals.
Studentiem vajadzētu izprast autortiesību likumus.
Students should understand copyright laws.
In 'autortiesību', it refers to 'copyright', which specifies rights held by authors and creators over their creations.

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