drosme

See also: Drôme and drosmē

Latvian

Etymology

From dross (“brave, sure, safe”) +‎ -me (dross being a dialectal variant of drošs (“brave, sure, safe”)).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɾùosme]
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Noun

drosme f (5th declension)

  1. courage, bravery (character quality expressed in fearlessness in the presence of danger; the behavior it motivates)
    parādīt drosmi ― to show courage
    zaudēt drosmi ― to lose courage
    drosme atzīt savas kļūdas ― the courage to admit one's mistakes
    drosmes pretstats bailes ― the opposite of courage (is) fear

Declension

Declension of drosme (5th declension)
singular plural
nominative drosme —
genitive drosmes —
dative drosmei —
accusative drosmi —
instrumental drosmi —
locative drosmē —
vocative drosme —

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References

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