nerātnis

From the stem of nerātns, made into a 2nd-declension masculine noun (with nerātns from ne- +‎ rātns (“obedient, well-behaved”)).

nerātnis m (2nd declension, feminine form: nerātne)

1. naughty, mischievous boy

   pie krāsns rosās sirma vecmāmuļa, kuras uzraudzībā tēvs un māte atstāja mūs, trīs nerātņus, kad devās peļņā ― an old grandmother was busy at the oven; (our) parents had left us, three mischievous boys, under her authority

2. bold, reckless man

   kad Fransisko ar pārējiem ciema vīriem pareizēm vakaros sēdēja pie vīna glāzes, atradās nerātņi, kas veco vīru dažreiz paķēra uz zoba ― when Fransisko sat in the evening with the rest of the village men drinking a glass of wine, there were reckless, disrespectful people who upset the old man (lit. who grabbed the old man by the tooth)

• draiskulis
• nebēdnis, nebēdnieks

• nerātnība