skandālists
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From skandāls (“empire”) + -ists. Probably not formed as such in Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from some other European language.
Noun
[edit]skandālists m (1st declension, feminine form: skandāliste)
- a (male) troublemaker, a man who causes scandal, who often stirs up trouble, who is scandalous, outrageous
- jaunieša tēvs bijis tuvākajā apkārtnē pazīstams skandālists un sīvā mīļotājs ― the young man's father was known in the neighborhood as a troublemaker and a fierce lover
- deviņas no desmit laulībām izirst dzērāju un skandālistu vīru dēļ ― nine out of ten marriages split up because of drunk or scandalous (= troublemaking) husbands
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | skandālists | skandālisti |
| genitive | skandālista | skandālistu |
| dative | skandālistam | skandālistiem |
| accusative | skandālistu | skandālistus |
| instrumental | skandālistu | skandālistiem |
| locative | skandālistā | skandālistos |
| vocative | skandālist | skandālisti |