zemiskums
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From zemisks (“base, mean, vile”) + -ums.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]zemiskums m (1st declension)
- vileness, baseness, meanness (the quality or state of that which is vile, base, mean, lowly)
- cilvēkiem jākļūst drošiem un cildenime; tie jāatbrivo no skaudības, zemiskuma, mantkārības ― people should be brave and sublime; they should be freed from envy, meanness and greed
- ir cilvēki, kurus ļaunums, zemiskums vairāk aizvaino nekā šķēps ― there are people whose evil (character) and vileness wounds more than darts
- kalni bija kā teiku varoņi, kas nekļūst mazi arī tad, kad apkārt zemiskums dara savus sīkos, necienīgos darbus ― the mountains were like legend heroes who do not become small even when all around them vileness does its petty, base work
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | zemiskums | — |
| genitive | zemiskuma | — |
| dative | zemiskumam | — |
| accusative | zemiskumu | — |
| instrumental | zemiskumu | — |
| locative | zemiskumā | — |
| vocative | zemiskum | — |