draiskulis

From draisks (“playful, mischievous”) +‎ -ulis

draiskulis m (2nd declension, feminine form: draiskule)

1. playful, mischievous man, especially boy

   kad bērnu plosīšanās ap automobiļiem kļuva pārāk ņudzīga, sievietes apsauca draiskuļu baru ― when the children raging around the car became too swarmy, the women scolded the band of mischievous, misbehaved children

   jaunieši jokojas un smējās, taču paies nedēļa, un šie paši draiskuļi ar nopietnam, drusku svīnīgam sejām ies uz skolām, uz universitāti ― the young people joked and laughed, but a week will go by, and these very same playful children, with serious, solemn faces, will go to school, to university

2. (figuratively) playful, mischievous one

   un mākoņus baltus dzenā pa debesīm draiskulis vējš ― and the playful, mischievous wind drove the white clouds across the sky

• nerātnis
• nebēdnis, nebēdnieks

• draiskulība
• draiskulīgs