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Latvian
Etymology
From mīl(ēt) (“to love”) + -ība. In 16th- and 17th-century sources, mīlība was apparently synonymous with mīlestība; later own their meanings were differentiated.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
mīlība f (5th declension)
- lovingness, loveliness, kindness, niceness
- viņš skatās uz Baibu ar tik labvēlīgi piedodošu mīlību kā māte uz savu trīsgadīgo bērnu ― he looks at Baiba with such kind, forgiving lovingness as a mather at her three-year-old child
- “cik jums gadu?” vecītis ar mīlību uzrunāja Emīliju ― “how old are you?” the old man, with kindness, said to Emīlija
- (dated sense, current synonyms: mīlestība, mīla) love
- Lapas Mārtiņš zina, kas tautai šais laikos vajadzīgs: pacilāts prāts tēvijas mīlestībai un saldas mīlības jušanas ― Lapas Mārtiņš knows what the people need in these times: elevated minds for patriotic love, and the sensibility of sweet love
Declension
Declension of mīlība (4th declension)
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