stingrība

See also: stingrībā

Latvian

Etymology

From stingrs (“firm, strong, strict”) +‎ -ība.

Noun

stingrība f (4th declension)

1. (of ideas, norms, principles, actions, or the people who espouse them) firmness, strictness, severity, rigor

   uzskatu stingrība ― strictness of opinions

   režīma stingrība ― the strictness of the regime

   šāda pieeja stipri paplašināja loģikas metožu iespējas un palielināja to stingrības pakāpi ― this approach (to mathematics) greatly expanded the possibilities of the methods of logics and increased their rigor

   viņa gandrīz arvien izvirza pret visu negaidīti augstas prasības; tā bija vēl naiva, pārspīlēta stingrība ― she almost always placed unexpectedly high demands on everything; this was a naive, exaggerated strictness, severity

   Klintai aizvien patikusi Olava mātes lietišķā stingrība: tai pakļaujas kalpi un zirgi ― Klinta liked more and more Olavs' mother's matter-of-fact strictness: the servants and horses obeyed her

2. (of material objects) firmness, rigidity, strength (capacity of resisting mechanical forces without harm)

   konstrukcijas stingrība ― firmness of design

   atsperes stingrība ― the rigidity of the spring

3. (of living beings, their bodies) firmness, strength, sturdiness

   muskuļu stingrība ― muscular firmness, strength

4. (of actions) firmness, strength, intensity

   soļu stingrība ― the firmness of the steps

Usage notes

Stingrība usually refers to abstractions ("strictness", "rigour") while stingrums tends to refer to concrete things ("firmness", "rigidity"), though there is some overlap in their uses.

Declension

Declension of stingrība (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	stingrība	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	stingrību	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	stingrības	—
dative (datīvs)	stingrībai	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	stingrību	—
locative (lokatīvs)	stingrībā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	stingrība	—

Related terms

• stingrums
• stingrs, stings
• stingt