tīrīgums
Latvian
Etymology
From tīrīgs (“cleanly”) + -ums (with tīrīgs from tīrs (“clean”) + -īgs).
Pronunciation
Noun
tīrīgums m (1st declension)
- cleanliness, tidiness (the quality of one who is cleanly, who keeps him/herself clean)
- Ņikitina vērību saistīja indiešu tīrīgums, un viņš ar labpatiku atzīmē: “kad sēžas ēst, viņi nomazgā rokas, kājas un izskalo muti” ― Ņikitins' attention was captured to the Indians' cleanliness, and he notes with pleasure: “when they sit to eat, they wash their hands and their feet and rinse their mouths”
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tīrīgums | — |
| genitive | tīrīguma | — |
| dative | tīrīgumam | — |
| accusative | tīrīgumu | — |
| instrumental | tīrīgumu | — |
| locative | tīrīgumā | — |
| vocative | tīrīgum | — |