zemiskums
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From zemisks (“base, mean, vile”) + -ums.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zemiskums m (1st declension)
- vileness, baseness, meanness (the quality or state of that which is vile, base, mean, lowly)
- cilvēkiem jākļūst drošiem un cildenime; tie jāatbrivo no skaudības, zemiskuma, mantkārības ― people should be brave and sublime; they should be freed from envy, meanness and greed
- ir cilvēki, kurus ļaunums, zemiskums vairāk aizvaino nekā šķēps ― there are people whose evil (character) and vileness wounds more than darts
- kalni bija kā teiku varoņi, kas nekļūst mazi arī tad, kad apkārt zemiskums dara savus sīkos, necienīgos darbus ― the mountains were like legend heroes who do not become small even when all around them vileness does its petty, base work
Declension edit
Declension of zemiskums (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | zemiskums | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | zemiskumu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | zemiskuma | — |
| dative (datīvs) | zemiskumam | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | zemiskumu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | zemiskumā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | zemiskum | — |