neparastums

Latvian

Etymology

From neparasts (“uncommon, unusual”) +‎ -ums, with neparasts from ne- +‎ parasts (“normal, ordinary, usual”), parasts being the past participle of the verb parast (“to get used to”), from pa- +‎ rast (“to find”).

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Noun

neparastums m (1st declension)

uncommonness, uncommonness, extraordinariness, abnormality (the quality or state of that which is uncommon, unusual, extraordinary, not normal)
Astrīda bija pārsteigta: vai tas vairs ir mierīgais Ģirts?... neparastums Astrīdu apmulsināja ― Astrīda was surprised: is that still the peaceful Ģirts?... (his) unusualness puzzled Astrīda

šī sieviete melna tērpā, izskatījās tāda, kādu reti gadās redzēt, un ar savu neparastumu man izjauca visu vasaras atpūtu ― this woman in a black dress looked like the kind one rarely sees, and with her unusualness she threw my whole spring holiday into confusion

Declension

Declension of neparastums (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	neparastums	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	neparastumu	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	neparastuma	—
dative (datīvs)	neparastumam	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	neparastumu	—
locative (lokatīvs)	neparastumā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	neparastum	—

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