ļaunums

Latvian

Etymology

From ļauns (“evil”) +‎ -ums.

Noun

ļaunums m (1st declension)

1. evil (something bad, cruel, vile, criminal; the corresponding quality)

   sagādāt (nodarīt) kādam lielu ļaunumu ― to cause, to do someone great evil

   iznīdēt ļaunumu ― to eradicate evil

   izravēt ļaunumu (ar visām saknēm) ― to uproot evil (with all roots) (i.e., to completely destroy it)

2. harm, threat, something bad

   katrai puķei bija savs īpašs spēks pret visādiem ļaunumiem ― every flower had their own force (= protection) against all harm

   bultas atsitas pret dzelzs brūņām un atlec atpakaļ, nenodarījušas nekādu ļaunumu ― the arrow strikes against the iron armor and bounces back, not having caused any harm

3. evil, malice, bad intentions

   viņa vārdos nav ne kripatiņas ļaunumu ― his words have not even a drop of evil

Declension

Declension of ļaunums (1st declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	ļaunums	ļaunumi
genitive	ļaunuma	ļaunumu
dative	ļaunumam	ļaunumiem
accusative	ļaunumu	ļaunumus
instrumental	ļaunumu	ļaunumiem
locative	ļaunumā	ļaunumos
vocative	ļaunum	ļaunumi