ziņkārība

From ziņkārs (“curious”) +‎ -ība (with ziņkārs from ziņu (“knowledge, news [gen.]”) +‎ kārs (“ravenous, eager”).

ziņkārība f (4th declension)

1. curiosity (the quality of one who is curious, who wants to know, to learn)

   sievišķīga ziņkārība ― feminine curiosity

   apmierināt ziņkārību ― to satisfy (one's) curiosity

   ziņkārībā ieplestas acis ― eyes wide open (with) curiosity

   daudz ko es biju novērojis pats, bet mans galvenais informācijas avots bija un palika Žanete, kas visus notikumus vēroja kā filmu un, ziņkārībā drebot, gaidīja atrisinājumu ― I witnessed much myself, but my main source of information was and remained Žanete, who watched all events as if (it was all) a movie and, trembling with (lit. in) curiosity, waited for a solution

• ziņkāre

• ziņkāre
• ziņkārīgs
• ziņkārs
• ziņa, zināt