sportiskums

Latvian

Etymology

From sportisks (athletic, sportive) +‎ -ums (with sportisks from sports (sport) +‎ -isks).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [spoɾtiskums]

Noun

sportiskums m (1st declension)

  1. sportiveness, athleticness (the state or quality of one who is sportive, athletic)
    cīņa par augstiem rezultātiem, balvām nedrīkst apdraudēt sportistu veselību... spriegums, sportiskums ir nepieciešams, taču ne kā pašmērķisthe fight for high scores, (for) awards should not endanger the health of athletes... effort, athleticness is necessary, but not as an end in itself

Declension

Declension of sportiskums (1st declension)
singular plural
nominative sportiskums
genitive sportiskuma
dative sportiskumam
accusative sportiskumu
instrumental sportiskumu
locative sportiskumā
vocative sportiskum