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Latvian
Etymology
From ne- + prāts (“reason, understanding, mind”).
Noun
neprāts m (1st declension)
- folly, (mental condition, in which a person acts foolishly)
- “ne karš, ne nelaimes gadījums nav vainīgi,” viņš sacīja; “vainīgs ir cilvēka neprāts” ― “neither war, nor unhappy events are to blame,” he said; “the culprit is human folly”
- folly, madness, absurd (behavior or actions that express such a condition)
- tāda rīcība ir tīrais neprāts ― this conduct, behavior is pure folly
- viņš drāzās projām kā neprātā ― he rushed away like a madman (lit. as if in madness)
- mīlēt, ienīst līdz neprātam ― to love, to hate passionately (lit. to madness)
- uzsākt kauju ar milzīgo armiju būtu neprāts ― to begin a battle with (such) a huge army would be madness, absurd
- craziness, madness (state of strong mental disorder)
- te es uzzināju, ka Valdis nošuts; pēc kapitulācijas izejot brīvē, es esot bijusi tuvu neprātam ― here I found out that Valdis had been shot; having been in freedom after the capitualtion, I have been close to madness
- boldness, audacity
- jautrs un nebēdnīgs līdz neprātam, Ričs pāris stundās bez acīm redzama iemesla varēja ieslīgt bezcerīgā apātijā ― playful and audaciously mischievous (lit. mischievous to audacity, to the point of being bold), Ričs could, in a couple of hours, without apparent reason, fall into hopeless apathy
Declension
Declension of neprāts (1st declension)
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