Latvian edit

Etymology edit

From tautisks (popular, folk) +‎ -ums (with tautisks from tauta (people, nation) +‎ -isks).

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Noun edit

tautiskums m (1st declension)

  1. the quality of that which is popular, folkloric, typical of a certain people or nation; the feeling of being a people, a nation
    mākslas, literatūras tautiskumsthe folkloricity, ethnicity of (a certain) art, literature
    visbūtiskākā A. Kalniņa mūzikas tautiskuma iezīme izpaužas viņa spēja dziļi iejusties pašā tautas raksturā, dzīves parādību, dabas, estētiskā daiļuma uztverēthe most essential feature of the ethnicity, nation-orientedness of A. Kalniņš' music is expressed in his ability to penetrate deeply into the character of (his) people... in (their) perception of the phenomena of life, of nature, of aesthetic beauty
    uz Baškīriju bez skaļām frazēm devušies pirmie latviešu skolotāji... un, ja šie jaunieši tur strādā, tad ir arī cerības; jo vairāk tāpēc, ka arī daudzi turienes latvieši jūt nepieciešamību saglabāt un vairot savu tautiskumu, uzturēt kontaktus ar senču dimtenithe first Latvian teachers went to Bashkiria (Bashkortostan) without loud sentences (= much publicity)... and, if these young people are working there, then there is hope; the more so that there are many local Latvians (in Bashkortostan) who feel the need to preserve and strengthen their feeling of ethnicity, to maintain contact with the homeland of their ancestors

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