Latvian

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Etymology

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From velnišķs (devilish, diabolical) +‎ -ums (with velnišķs from velns (devil) +‎ -išķs).

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Noun

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velnišķums m (1st declension)

  1. devilishness, diabolicalness, diabolism (the quality of that which is devilish, diabolical)
    es vienmēr seminārā jautāju: vai ir velnišķums, sātanisms jūsu saknēs? atbildi vienmēr saņemu vienu un to pašu: nē, viss ir ļoti patīkami, miermīlīgi, mierīgiI always ask in the seminar: is (there) diabolism, satanism, in your roots? I always receive the same answer: no, everything is very pleasant, nice, peaceful
    smaids, kurā pavīdēja kaut kas velnišķīgs; bet velnišķums ātri vien nozuda no simetriskajiem vaibstiem un palika tikai smaidsa smile in which something diabolical flashed; but the diabolicalness quickly disappeared from the symmetric features and only the smile remained
    Salaspils nometnes velnišķuma pārspīlēšana un komunistiskā mitoloģizācijathe exaggeration and communist mitologization of the diabolicalness of the Salaspils concentration camp

Declension

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See also

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