vīrišķīgums

Latvian

From vīrišķīgs (“masculine”) +‎ -ums (with vīrišķīgs from vīrišķs (“masculine”) +‎ -īgs and vīrišķs from vīrs (“husband, man”) +‎ -išķs).

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vīrišķīgums m (1st declension)

masculinity, manliness, virility (the quality of that which is masculine, manly)
karavīra vīrišķīgums ― a soldier's manliness

Virzēns pats bija puika pašā glītuma sākumā, kad vīrišķīgums sākas... pat mīksta pavilna viņam dīga padegunē ― Virzēns was himself a boy in the beginning of his own handsomeness, (the time) when masculinity begins... (there) even (was) a little (bit of) soft hair growing under his nose

Declension of vīrišķīgums (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	vīrišķīgums	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	vīrišķīgumu	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	vīrišķīguma	—
dative (datīvs)	vīrišķīgumam	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	vīrišķīgumu	—
locative (lokatīvs)	vīrišķīgumā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	vīrišķīgum	—