viesmīlīgums
Latvian
Etymology
From viesmīlīgs (“hospitable”) + -ums (with viesmīlīgs from viesis (“guest, visitor”) + mīlīgs (“friendly, kind”) and mīlīgs from mīl(ēt) (“to love”) + -īgs).
Pronunciation
Noun
viesmīlīgums m (1st declension)
- hospitableness, hospitability (the quality of one who is hospitable)
- namamātes viesmīlīgums ― the hospitableness, hospitability of the hostess
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | viesmīlīgums | — |
| genitive | viesmīlīguma | — |
| dative | viesmīlīgumam | — |
| accusative | viesmīlīgumu | — |
| instrumental | viesmīlīgumu | — |
| locative | viesmīlīgumā | — |
| vocative | viesmīlīgum | — |