bezjēdzīgums
Latvian
Etymology
From bezjēdzīgs (“nonsensical”) + -ums, with bezjēdzīgs from bez- (“without”) + jēga (“meaning, sense, understanding”), with g > dz via palatalization.
Pronunciation
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Noun
bezjēdzīgums m (1st declension)
- meaninglessness, senselessness, pointlessness (the state or quality of that which is meaningless, senseless, pointless)
- izteikuma bezjēdzīgums ― the meaninglessness of the expression
- slinkums un bezjēdzīgums pārņem dzīvi ― laziness and pointlessness take over life
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bezjēdzīgums | — |
| genitive | bezjēdzīguma | — |
| dative | bezjēdzīgumam | — |
| accusative | bezjēdzīgumu | — |
| instrumental | bezjēdzīgumu | — |
| locative | bezjēdzīgumā | — |
| vocative | bezjēdzīgum | — |