velnišķums
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From velnišķs (“devilish, diabolical”) + -ums (with velnišķs from velns (“devil”) + -išķs).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]velnišķums m (1st declension)
- devilishness, diabolicalness, diabolism (the quality of that which is devilish, diabolical)
- es vienmēr seminārā jautāju: vai ir velnišķums, sātanisms jūsu saknēs? atbildi vienmēr saņemu vienu un to pašu: nē, viss ir ļoti patīkami, miermīlīgi, mierīgi ― I always ask in the seminar: is (there) diabolism, satanism, in your roots? I always receive the same answer: no, everything is very pleasant, nice, peaceful
- smaids, kurā pavīdēja kaut kas velnišķīgs; bet velnišķums ātri vien nozuda no simetriskajiem vaibstiem un palika tikai smaids ― a smile in which something diabolical flashed; but the diabolicalness quickly disappeared from the symmetric features and only the smile remained
- Salaspils nometnes velnišķuma pārspīlēšana un komunistiskā mitoloģizācija ― the exaggeration and communist mitologization of the diabolicalness of the Salaspils concentration camp
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | velnišķums | — |
| genitive | velnišķuma | — |
| dative | velnišķumam | — |
| accusative | velnišķumu | — |
| instrumental | velnišķumu | — |
| locative | velnišķumā | — |
| vocative | velnišķum | — |