Latvian

Adjective

ļauns (def. ļaunais, comp. ļaunāks, sup. visļaunākais; adv. ļauni)

1. evil, wicked (whose behavior, attitude towards others is hostile, cruel, vile, criminal)

   ļauns cilvēks‎ ― evil person

   viens un tas pats cilvēks var būt vienā brīdī bezgala labs un otrā, neticami ļauns‎ ― the same person can be one moment infintely good, and then, incredibly evil

2. evil (expressing hatred, cruelty)

   ļauns smīns‎ ― evil grin

   ļauna sirds‎ ― evil heart, malice

   ļauns prieks‎ ― gloat (lit. evil joy)

   ļauna acs (kādam)‎ ― (someone has) evil eye (i.e., can curse)

3. evil, bad (relating to, leading to something very undesirable, misfortune, sorrow; dangerous)

   ļauns liktenis‎ ― evil fate

   ļauns stāvoklis‎ ― bad, twisted condition

   noticis kas ļauns‎ ― something bad happened

   ļaunākajā gadījumā‎ ― in the worst (lit. worse) case

   visas labās un ļaunās dienas‎ ― all the good and bad days

4. evil, twisted, dark (whose content expresses something hateful, cruel)

   ļauns humors‎ ― twisted, dark humor

   ļauna slava‎ ― infamy (lit. evil fame)

5. (of animals, plants) harmful

   no gundegu sugām pašas indīgākās ir ļaunās gundegas‎ ― of all species of buttercup the most poisonous is the celery-leaved buttercup (lit. evil buttercup)

Declension

Synonyms

• slikts

Antonyms

• labs

Derived terms

• ļaunums

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “ļauns”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7