auglība
See also: auglībā
Latvian
Etymology
From auglis (“fruit”) + -ība.
Pronunciation
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Noun
auglība m (1st declension)
- fruitfulness, fertility, fecundity (the quality of that which is fruitful, fertile, productive, which favors growth (also figuratively)
- auglības dieviete ― goddess of fertility
- zemes, augsnes auglība ― land, soil fertility
- vasaras auglība ― summer fertility
- domas auglība ― the fertility, fruitfulness of a thought
- lielās auglības (5-8, pat 13-15 kucēni) dēļ jenoti mūsu republikā ļoti savairojušies ― because of (their) great fertility (5-8, sometimes even 13-15 puppies), raccoons have multiplied in our republic
- atrazdamies projām no dzimtenes, gleznotājs ir gan nodevies daiļradei, bet tai trūcis auglības, lai tā varētu izvērsties plašā garīga pacēlumā ― being away from (his) homeland, the painter was certainly committed to creativity, but it lacked the (necessary) fecundity in order to develop into a broad spiritual rising
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | auglība | — |
| genitive | auglības | — |
| dative | auglībai | — |
| accusative | auglību | — |
| instrumental | auglību | — |
| locative | auglībā | — |
| vocative | auglība | — |