nerātnis
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Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the stem of nerātns, made into a 2nd-declension masculine noun (with nerātns from ne- + rātns (“obedient, well-behaved”)).
Noun
[edit]nerātnis m (2nd declension, feminine form: nerātne)
- naughty, mischievous boy
- pie krāsns rosās sirma vecmāmuļa, kuras uzraudzībā tēvs un māte atstāja mūs, trīs nerātņus, kad devās peļņā ― an old grandmother was busy at the oven; (our) parents had left us, three mischievous boys, under her authority
- bold, reckless man
- kad Fransisko ar pārējiem ciema vīriem pareizēm vakaros sēdēja pie vīna glāzes, atradās nerātņi, kas veco vīru dažreiz paķēra uz zoba ― when Fransisko sat in the evening with the rest of the village men drinking a glass of wine, there were reckless, disrespectful people who upset the old man (lit. who grabbed the old man by the tooth)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | nerātnis | nerātņi |
genitive | nerātņa | nerātņu |
dative | nerātnim | nerātņiem |
accusative | nerātni | nerātņus |
instrumental | nerātni | nerātņiem |
locative | nerātnī | nerātņos |
vocative | nerātni | nerātņi |