strādīgums
Latvian
Etymology
From strādīgs (“hard-working, industrious”) + -ums (with strādīgs from strād(āt) (“to work”) + -īgs).
Pronunciation
Noun
strādīgums m (1st declension)
- industriousness, diligence (the quality of one who is hard-working, industrious, diligent)
- Krišam piemīt vadītāja un organizatora talants kopā ar apskaužamu strādīgumu ― Krišs had the talent of a manager and organizer together with an enviable diligence
- jaunais autors nepaļaujas tikai uz “dievišķo inspirāciju”, bet labi apzinās, ka dzejā ir nepieciešams tas pats prozaiskais strādīgums ― the new author does nout rely only on “divine inspiration,” but is well aware that in poetry that very prosaic diligence, industriousness is necessary
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | strādīgums | — |
| genitive | strādīguma | — |
| dative | strādīgumam | — |
| accusative | strādīgumu | — |
| instrumental | strādīgumu | — |
| locative | strādīgumā | — |
| vocative | strādīgum | — |
Synonyms
Related terms
- strādāt, strādināt
- strādnieks, strādniece