neparastība

From neparasts (“uncommon, unusual”) +‎ -ība, with neparasts from ne- +‎ parasts (“normal, ordinary, usual”), parasts being the past participle of the verb parast (“to get used to”), from pa- +‎ rast (“to find”).

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neparastība f (4th declension)

1. uncommonness, unusualness, extraordinariness, abnormality (the quality or state of that which is uncommon, unusual, extraordinary, not normal)

   tas piešķir Svempa gleznām neparastību ― this fact gave Svemps' paintins a (certain) uncommonness

   darbs no tiesas visus aizrāva: tieši ar savu neparastību, vienreizību ― the work completely captivated everybody: precisely with its uncommonness, uniqueness

   jā, protams, es sievietē sazīmēju Alisi, taču viņā viedās tāda neparastība un trauksme, ka uzreiz kļuva skaidrs... kaut kas ir noticis! ― yes, of course, I see Alise in the woman, but in her some abnormality, an anxiety which suddenly became clear... something has happened!

• neparastums
• nenormālība, nenormālums

• normalitāte
• parastība, parastums