nabadzība
See also: nabadzībā
Latvian
Etymology
From nabags (“poor”) + -ība, with palatalization of g to dz.
Pronunciation
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Noun
nabadzība f (4th declension)
- poverty (lack or scarcity of necessary things)
- nomācoša nabadzība ― crushing poverty
- nabadzības sekas ― the effects, consequences of poverty
- dzīvot, nokļūt nabadzībā ― to live in, to sink into poverty
- izkļūt no nabadzības ― to get out of poverty
- kaila nabadzība ― naked (= very obvious) poverty
- laimīgs cilvēks var būt arī vislielākajā nabadzība un nelaimīgs - vislielākajā bagātībā ― a happy person may also be in the greatest poverty, and an unhappy (one) - in the greatest wealth
- pēc tam Kaspars izmagāja bikšeles un lakatiņus un, uzkāris tos virs plīts, lādēja savu nabadzību ― after that Kaspars washed the little pants and scarves and, having hung them over the stove, he cursed his poverty
- poverty (one's little money, few possessions, usually of bad quality)
- sestdienā Līze cepa karašas, Andris no savas nabadzības nopirka pusstopu ― on Saturday Līze baked flatbread, (and) Andris from his poverty bought half a pint (of liquor)
- papriekš daži pulciņi atsevišķās grupās, nesdami sev līdzi visu savu bagātību un nabadzību ― a little ahead (were) some people in separate groups, taking along all their riches and poverty
- poverty, scarcity (the quality of that which is poor, does not have enough of something)
- zivju nabadzība upēs ― the poverty, scarcity of fish in the rivers
- faunas nabadzība ― the poverty of the fauna
- valodas nabadzība ― poverty of language
- dvēseles nabadzība ― poverty (= shallowness) of (someone's) soul
- jūtu nabadzība ― poverty (= primitiveness, insensitiveness) of feelings
- garlaicība ir gara nabadzības pazīme ― boredom is a sign of spiritual poverty
- kafejnīcu iekārtojumā valda izdomas nabadzība ― in the decoration of the cafe there was poverty of imagination
Declension
Declension of nabadzība (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | nabadzība | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | nabadzību | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | nabadzības | — |
dative (datīvs) | nabadzībai | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | nabadzību | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | nabadzībā | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | nabadzība | — |
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