tīrīgums
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tīrīgs (“cleanly”) + -ums (with tīrīgs from tīrs (“clean”) + -īgs).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]tīrīgums m (1st declension)
- cleanliness, tidiness (the quality of one who is cleanly, who keeps him/herself clean)
- Ņikitina vērību saistīja indiešu tīrīgums, un viņš ar labpatiku atzīmē: “kad sēžas ēst, viņi nomazgā rokas, kājas un izskalo muti” ― Ņikitins' attention was captured to the Indians' cleanliness, and he notes with pleasure: “when they sit to eat, they wash their hands and their feet and rinse their mouths”
Declension
[edit]Declension of tīrīgums (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | tīrīgums | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | tīrīguma | — |
| dative (datīvs) | tīrīgumam | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | tīrīgumu | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | tīrīgumu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | tīrīgumā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | tīrīgum | — |