vīrišķīgums
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Latvian
Etymology
From vīrišķīgs (“masculine”) + -ums (with vīrišķīgs from vīrišķs (“masculine”) + -īgs and vīrišķs from vīrs (“husband, man”) + -išķs).
Pronunciation
Noun
vīrišķīgums m (1st declension)
- masculinity, manliness, virility (the quality of that which is masculine, manly)
- karavīra vīrišķīgums ― a soldier's manliness
- Virzēns pats bija puika pašā glītuma sākumā, kad vīrišķīgums sākas... pat mīksta pavilna viņam dīga padegunē ― Virzēns was himself a boy in the beginning of his own handsomeness, (the time) when masculinity begins... (there) even (was) a little (bit of) soft hair growing under his nose
Declension
Declension of vīrišķīgums (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | vīrišķīgums | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | vīrišķīgumu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | vīrišķīguma | — |
| dative (datīvs) | vīrišķīgumam | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | vīrišķīgumu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | vīrišķīgumā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | vīrišķīgum | — |