teicams
Latvian
[edit]Participle
[edit]teicams (definite teicamais; adverb teicami)
- which can or should be said, told; indefinite present passive participle of teikt
Adjective
[edit]teicams (definite teicamais, comparative teicamāks, superlative visteicamākais, adverb teicami)
- very good, excellent (i.e., worthy of being mentioned)
- teicams amātnieks ― an excellent craftsman
- teicams strādnieks ― an excellent worker
- teicams darbs ― excellent work
- teicama kārtība ― excellent condition
- teicama kvalitāte ― excellent quality
- teicama atmiņa ― excellent memory
- teicama atzīme mācībās ― excellent (= highest) grade in (one's) study
- (of songs) such that its rhythm or intonation is close to the rhythm or intonation of spoken language
- latviešu tautas dziesmu primitīvākā un senākā slāņa - teicamo dziesmu - melodikas pamatā ir dažadas skaņkārto struktūras ― at the base of the melody of the most primitive layer of Latvian folk songs - the talkable songs - there are several tonal structures
Declension
[edit]indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of teicams
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | teicams | teicami | teicama | teicamas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | teicamu | teicamus | teicamu | teicamas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | teicama | teicamu | teicamas | teicamu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | teicamam | teicamiem | teicamai | teicamām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | teicamu | teicamiem | teicamu | teicamām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | teicamā | teicamos | teicamā | teicamās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||