bēdīgums
Latvian
Etymology
From bēdīgs (“sad”) + -ums (with bēdīgs from bēda (“sorrow, misery”) + -īgs).
Pronunciation
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Noun
bēdīgums m (1st declension)
- sadness (the quality of one who is sad, of something that expresses sad feelings)
- meitenes bēdīgums ― the girl's sadness
- balss bēdīgums ― the sadness of (that) voice
- poor, bad appearance
- Jaunsudrabiņš atceras mājas, kur viņš aiziet ar māti pēc tēva nāves: “vieta un apkārtne līdz bēdīgumam nabadzīga” ― Jaunsudrabiiņš remembers the house where he and his mother went (to live) after (his) father's death: “the place and its surroundings (is) poor to the point of sadness, squalor”
- sadness, misfortune, need
- stāvokļa bēdīgums ― the sadness, misfortune of (such a) state, situation
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bēdīgums | — |
| genitive | bēdīguma | — |
| dative | bēdīgumam | — |
| accusative | bēdīgumu | — |
| instrumental | bēdīgumu | — |
| locative | bēdīgumā | — |
| vocative | bēdīgum | — |