vīrišķīgums

Latvian

Etymology

From vīrišķīgs (masculine) +‎ -ums (with vīrišķīgs from vīrišķs (masculine) +‎ -īgs and vīrišķs from vīrs (husband, man) +‎ -išķs).

Pronunciation

Noun

vīrišķīgums m (1st declension)

  1. masculinity, manliness, virility (the quality of that which is masculine, manly)
    karavīra vīrišķīgumsa soldier's manliness
    Virzēns pats bija puika pašā glītuma sākumā, kad vīrišķīgums sākas... pat mīksta pavilna viņam dīga padegunēVirzēns was himself a boy in the beginning of his own handsomeness, (the time) when masculinity begins... (there) even (was) a little (bit of) soft hair growing under his nose

Declension

Declension of vīrišķīgums (1st declension)
singular plural
nominative vīrišķīgums
genitive vīrišķīguma
dative vīrišķīgumam
accusative vīrišķīgumu
instrumental vīrišķīgumu
locative vīrišķīgumā
vocative vīrišķīgum

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