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nepareizība

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See also: nepareizībā

Latvian

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Etymology

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From nepareizs (wrong, incorrect) +‎ -ība (with nepareizs from ne- +‎ pareizs (right, correct), and pareizs from pa reizi, a postpositional phrase originally meaning “in order.”

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nepareizība f (4th declension)

  1. (singular only) wrongness, incorrectness, inadequacy (the state or quality of that which is wrong, incorrect, inadequate, improper)
    aprēķina nepareizībathe incorrectness of the calculation
    jaunās teorijas nepareizībathe incorrectness of the new theory
    lēmuma nepareizībathe incorrectness of the decision
    priekšstata nepareizībathe incorrectness of an idea, a concept
    kasācijas sūdzībā vai protestā jānorāda, kā izpaužas sprieduma nepareizībathe cassation complaint or protest must demonstrate that there was obvious judgment incorrectness (= that the verdict was obviously wrong)
    stājas nepareizības veids ir apaļi ieliektā muguraone kind of postural incorrectness (= one kind of incorrect posture) is the concave back
  2. error, mistake, deviation from accepted norms
    izrunas nepareizībaspronunciation mistakes
    atrast projektā nepareizībasto find errors in the project
    rakstu zīmes es pazīstu un arī uzšņāpt tās protu... bet man sanāk vairākas nepareizības katrā vārdāI know the letters and I also can carve them... but I end up with several errors in every word

Declension

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Synonyms

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