šķīstums
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Latvian
Etymology
From šķīsts (“pure, virtuous, chaste”) + -ums.
Pronunciation
Noun
šķīstums f (4th declension)
- (religion) purity (the state of one who is without sin)
- Kad pirmajā ainā Dons Zuans pamanīja skumjo, melni tērpto sievietes stāvu, viņa iztēle radīja debesu šķīstuma un ideāla skaistuma tēlu ― when in the first scene Dons Zuans (= Don Giovanni, Don Juan) noticed the sad female figure dressed in dark (clothes), his imagination created a character of heavenly purity and ideal beauty
- (moral) purity, virtuousness (the state of one who is morally pure, virtuous)
Declension
Declension of šķīstums (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | šķīstums | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | šķīstumu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | šķīstuma | — |
| dative (datīvs) | šķīstumam | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | šķīstumu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | šķīstumā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | šķīstum | — |