īstenība

See also: īstenībā

Latvian

Etymology

A 19th-century neologism, derived from īstens (“real”) +‎ -ība and first mentioned in by Krišjānis Valdemārs' 1872 German-Russian-Latvian dictionary.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

īstenība f (4th declension)

  1. reality (the existing world; that which actually exists)
    objektīvā īstenība ― objective reality
    dzīves īstenība ― life, living reality
    literatūras kā īstenības atspoguļotāja ― literature as a reflection of reality
    atgriezties īstenībā ― to come back to reality (i.e., to stop dreaming)
    īstenības izteiksme ― indicative (lit. reality) mood (in verb conjugations)
  2. (in the locative, used adverbially) in reality, in fact, actually, really
    Dāvis īstenībā jau bija liels puisis ― Dāvis was in fact already a big guy
    varbūt pat neatzinis, kas īstenībā padarīts ― maybe he himself didn't recognize what had really been done

Declension

Declension of īstenība (4th declension)
singular plural
nominative īstenība —
genitive īstenības —
dative īstenībai —
accusative īstenību —
instrumental īstenību —
locative īstenībā —
vocative īstenība —

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “īsts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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