nepareizība

From nepareizs (“wrong, incorrect”) +‎ -ība (with nepareizs from ne- +‎ pareizs (“right, correct”), and pareizs from pa reizi, a postpositional phrase originally meaning “in order.”

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nepareizība f (4th declension)

1. (singular only) wrongness, incorrectness, inadequacy (the state or quality of that which is wrong, incorrect, inadequate, improper)

   aprēķina nepareizība ― the incorrectness of the calculation

   jaunās teorijas nepareizība ― the incorrectness of the new theory

   lēmuma nepareizība ― the incorrectness of the decision

   priekšstata nepareizība ― the incorrectness of an idea, a concept

   kasācijas sūdzībā vai protestā jānorāda, kā izpaužas sprieduma nepareizība ― the cassation complaint or protest must demonstrate that there was obvious judgment incorrectness (= that the verdict was obviously wrong)

   stājas nepareizības veids ir apaļi ieliektā mugura ― one kind of postural incorrectness (= one kind of incorrect posture) is the concave back

2. error, mistake, deviation from accepted norms

   izrunas nepareizības ― pronunciation mistakes

   atrast projektā nepareizības ― to find errors in the project

   rakstu zīmes es pazīstu un arī uzšņāpt tās protu... bet man sanāk vairākas nepareizības katrā vārdā ― I know the letters and I also can carve them... but I end up with several errors in every word

• nepareizums
• (of "error"): kļūda