ireāls
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin irreālis (“unreal”), adapted to fit Latvian patterns (suffix -āls).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]ireāls (definite ireālais, comparative ireālāks, superlative visireālākais, adverb ireāli)
- unreal (such that it isn't, cannot be real, in reality; imagined, made up, existing only in fantasy)
- pasaka ir literatūras žanrs, kur darbojas ireālas būtnes ― fairy tales are the literary genre which deals with unreal beings
- nākamās dienas darbā man šķita kaut kā ireālas: es gan cilāju dokumentus, rakstīju ar mašīnu... bet to visu it kā darīja kāds automāts ― the following days at work seemed to me (like) something unreal: I lifted documents, typed... but everything was as if done by some machine
Declension
[edit]| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ireāls | ireāli | ireāla | ireālas | |
| genitive | ireāla | ireālu | ireālas | ireālu | |
| dative | ireālam | ireāliem | ireālai | ireālām | |
| accusative | ireālu | ireālus | ireālu | ireālas | |
| instrumental | ireālu | ireāliem | ireālu | ireālām | |
| locative | ireālā | ireālos | ireālā | ireālās | |
| vocative | — | — | — | — | |