neparastums
Latvian
Etymology
From neparasts (“uncommon, unusual”) + -ums, with neparasts from ne- + parasts (“normal, ordinary, usual”), parasts being the past participle of the verb parast (“to get used to”), from pa- + rast (“to find”).
Pronunciation
Noun
neparastums m (1st declension)
- uncommonness, uncommonness, extraordinariness, abnormality (the quality or state of that which is uncommon, unusual, extraordinary, not normal)
- Astrīda bija pārsteigta: vai tas vairs ir mierīgais Ģirts?... neparastums Astrīdu apmulsināja ― Astrīda was surprised: is that still the peaceful Ģirts?... (his) unusualness puzzled Astrīda
- šī sieviete melna tērpā, izskatījās tāda, kādu reti gadās redzēt, un ar savu neparastumu man izjauca visu vasaras atpūtu ― this woman in a black dress looked like the kind one rarely sees, and with her unusualness she threw my whole spring holiday into confusion
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | neparastums | — |
| genitive | neparastuma | — |
| dative | neparastumam | — |
| accusative | neparastumu | — |
| instrumental | neparastumu | — |
| locative | neparastumā | — |
| vocative | neparastum | — |