bailīgums
Latvian
Etymology
From bailīgs (“fearful, timid, shy”) + -ums, with bailīgs from bail(es) (“fear”) + -īgs.
Pronunciation
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Noun
bailīgums m (1st declension)
- timidity, shyness, fearfulness (the state or quality of one who is (habitually) afraid, who is easy to scare, to frighten, to startle)
- cilvēka bailīgums ― a person's timidity
- pārvarēt bailīgumu ― to overcome timidity, fear
- aitas bailīgums un biklums taisni nožēlojams ― the sheep's fear and timidity is really deplorable, regrettable
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bailīgums | — |
| genitive | bailīguma | — |
| dative | bailīgumam | — |
| accusative | bailīgumu | — |
| instrumental | bailīgumu | — |
| locative | bailīgumā | — |
| vocative | bailīgum | — |