smieklīgums

Latvian

From smieklīgs (“funny, ridiculous”) +‎ -ums (with smieklīgs from smiekls (“laugh, laughter”) +‎ -īgs).

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smieklīgums m (1st declension)

funniness, humorousness (the quality of that which is funny, humorous)
abi vecie strīdējušies līdz smieklīgumam ― the two old pepole (had) argued to the point of humorousness, risibility

Valentīna ir līdz smieklīgumam stulba; viņas nejēdzīgās atbildes stundās izsauc klasē smieklu šaltis ― Valentīna is stupid o the point of risibility, absurdity; her stupid answers caused bursts of laughter in class
ridiculousness, strangeness, oddity
vecā lielmāte saprata, kādu varoņdarbu Ilona gadiem bija darījusi, vīra dullumu, smieklīgumu gudri noslēpdama ― the old landlady understood what a feat Ilona had done all those years, wisely hiding (her) husband's foolishness, ridiculousness

Declension of smieklīgums (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	smieklīgums	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	smieklīgumu	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	smieklīguma	—
dative (datīvs)	smieklīgumam	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	smieklīgumu	—
locative (lokatīvs)	smieklīgumā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	smieklīgum	—