īstenība

A 19th-century neologism, derived from īstens (“real”) +‎ -ība and first mentioned in Krišjānis Valdemārs' 1872 German-Russian-Latvian dictionary.^[1]

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īstenība f (4th declension)

1. reality (the existing world; that which actually exists)

   objektīvā īstenība ― objective reality

   dzīves īstenība ― life, living reality

   literatūras kā īstenības atspoguļotāja ― literature as a reflection of reality

   atgriezties īstenībā ― to come back to reality (i.e., to stop dreaming)

   īstenības izteiksme ― indicative (lit. reality) mood (in verb conjugations)

2. (in the locative, used adverbially) in reality, in fact, actually, really

   Dāvis īstenībā jau bija liels puisis ― Dāvis was in fact already a big guy

   varbūt pat neatzinis, kas īstenībā padarīts ― maybe he himself didn't recognize what had really been done

• realitāte
• (rare term) reālība
• reālums

• īstenot
• īstens
• īsts, īstums