komēdija
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin cōmoedia (itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία (kōmōidía)), adapted to fit Latvian patterns ( + -ija).
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
komēdija f (4th declension)
- comedy (an artistic work (play, movie, book, etc.) in which conflicts and characters are portrayed in a way that causes laughter)
- liriska komēdija ― lyrical comedy
- komēdijas žanrs ― comedy genre
- komēdijas stils ― comedy style
- komēdiju autors ― comedy author
- raksturu komēdija ― character comedy
- sadzīves komēdija ― household, family comedy
- situāciju komēdija ― situation comedy
- muzikālā komēdija ― musical (comedy)
- tēlot komēdiju ― to perform a comedy
- komēdijas aktieris ― comedy actor
- komēdijas teātris ― comedy theater
- par komēdiju sauc dramatisku darbu, kura centrā izvirzīti komiski raksturi un konflikti ― one calls comedy that dramatic work at whose center comical characters and conflicts are placed
- (figuratively) comedy (a funny, humorous event)
- Kūku krācēs nekāda komēdija neiznāca, mana laiva izturēja pārbaudījumu ― át the Kūku rapids there (= it) was no comedy, my boat (really) passed the test
- (Ancient Greece) a celebration in which songs in honor of Dionysius were sung in a procession
- hypocritical, deceitful behavior
- kailu galvu viņam jāstāv un jāskatās divās svecēs un priestera liekulīgā komēdijā ― bareheaded, he had to stand and look at the two candles and the priest's hypocritical comedy
Declension edit
Declension of komēdija (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | komēdija | komēdijas |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | komēdiju | komēdijas |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | komēdijas | komēdiju |
| dative (datīvs) | komēdijai | komēdijām |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | komēdiju | komēdijām |
| locative (lokatīvs) | komēdijā | komēdijās |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | komēdija | komēdijas |