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Latvian
Etymology
A calque of Late Latin īnspīrātiō, coined in 1897 by Jānis Pliekšāns (Rainis) from iedvest (“to inspire”) + -ma (itself coined by J. Pliekšāns from ie- + dvest (“to breathe heavily”)).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
iedvesma f (4th declension)
- inspiration (a sudden surge in mental activity that increases one's creative productivity; a sudden desire to create)
- pēkšņa iedvesma ― sudden inspiration
- rast iedvesmu ― to find inspiration
- mākslinieka iedvesmas avots ― an artist's source of inspiration
- iedvesmas pilns brīdis ― a moment full of inspiration
- gleznai jābūt iedvesmas, prieka avotam ― a painting must be a source of joy (and) inspiration
- aktieris nevar gaidīt, kamēr pār viņu nolaidīsies iedvesma... viņam jābūt iedvesmas saimniekam ― an actor cannot wait for inspiration to fall on him ... he must be the owner of inspiration
- suggestion, hypnosis (an action on a given person that causes a certain desired mental state, attitude or behavior)
- hipnotiskā iedvesma ― hypnotic suggestion
- terapeitikā iedvesma ― therapeutic suggestion (= hypnosis)
- ārstēt ar iedvesmu ― to treat (a patient) with (hypnotic) suggestion
- masu iedvesma ― mass suggestion, mass hypnosis
- iedvesmu pielieto ne tikai psihisko un nervu slimību klīnikās, bet ar lielām sekmēm arī citās klīnikās ― hypnosis is applied not only in psychiatric and mental health clinics but also, and with great success, in other (types of) clinics
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Declension of iedvesma (4th declension)
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