sportiskums
Latvian
Etymology
From sportisks (“athletic, sportive”) + -ums (with sportisks from sports (“sport”) + -isks).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [spoɾtiskums]
Noun
sportiskums m (1st declension)
- 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 pašmērķis ― the 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
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sportiskums | — |
| genitive | sportiskuma | — |
| dative | sportiskumam | — |
| accusative | sportiskumu | — |
| instrumental | sportiskumu | — |
| locative | sportiskumā | — |
| vocative | sportiskum | — |