CilmeBorrowed from Middle High German schōle, or from Middle Dutch schole, both also borrowings from Late Latin scola, schola (“lecture; school”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ). In Latvian, this borrowing is first mentioned in 16th-century texts and 17th-century dictionaries.
- declension-4, feminineschool (institution of learning, usually of lower or intermediate level; also a special or specific institution of learning; also the building where such an institution is housed)
“vispārizglītojošā skola” — comprehensive school
“profesionālā, speciālā skola” — professional, special school
“valsts, privātās skolas” — public, private schools
- declension-4, feminine, figurativelyeducation; the work of studying at school
“skola sākās 1. septembrī” — school will start on September 1st
“Taisnību sakot, mazliet vairāk skolas viņam nebūtu nācis par ļaunu” — to tell the truth, a little bit more school would not have been bad for him
- declension-4, feminine, figurativelyexperience, learning
“dzīves skola” — the school of life
“neveiksme viņam būs laba skola” — failure will be a good school for him
“aršanas sacensības galvenokārt ir pieredzes, darba metožu, jaunāko atziņu skola” — plowing competitions are mostly a school of (= place, occasion for learning) experience, work methods, and recent findings
- declension-4, feminineschool, school of thought (a set of theories, a teaching associated with a certain person, a certain movement or its followers)
“Platona filozofijas skola” — Plato's school of philosophy
“Paula Strādina skola medicīna” — Pauls Stradins' school of medicine
“beļģu skola glezniecībā” — the Belgian school of painting
Formasskola(nominative, singular) · skolas(nominative, plural) · skolas(genitive, singular) · skolu(genitive, plural) · skolai(dative, singular) · skolām(dative, plural) · skolu(accusative, singular) · skolas(accusative, plural) · skolu(instrumental, singular) · skolām(instrumental, plural) · skolā(locative, singular) · skolās(locative, plural) · skola(singular, vocative) · skolas(plural, vocative)