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velnišķums
velnišķums
Latvian
Noun
velnišķums m (1st declension)
- 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, mierīgi ― I 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 smaids ― a 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 mitoloģizācija ― the exaggeration and communist mitologization of the diabolicalness of the Salaspils concentration camp
Declension
Declension of velnišķums (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | velnišķums | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | velnišķumu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | velnišķuma | — |
| dative (datīvs) | velnišķumam | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | velnišķumu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | velnišķumā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | velnišķum | — |