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Latvian
Etymology
From draisks (“playful, mischievous”) + -ulis.
Noun
draiskulis m (2nd declension, feminine form: draiskule)
- playful, mischievous man, especially boy
- kad bērnu plosīšanās ap automobiļiem kļuva pārāk ņudzīga, sievietes apsauca draiskuļu baru ― when the children raging around the car became too swarmy, the women scolded the band of mischievous, misbehaved children
- jaunieši jokojas un smējās, taču paies nedēļa, un šie paši draiskuļi ar nopietnam, drusku svīnīgam sejām ies uz skolām, uz universitāti ― the young people joked and laughed, but a week will go by, and these very same playful children, with serious, solemn faces, will go to school, to university
- (figuratively) playful, mischievous one
- un mākoņus baltus dzenā pa debesīm draiskulis vējš ― and the playful, mischievous wind drove the white clouds across the sky
Declension
Declension of draiskulis (2nd declension)
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