raudulīgs
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Latvian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From raudulis (“crier, crybaby”) + -īgs (with raudulis from raud(as) (“crying”) + -ulis).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
raudulīgs (definite raudulīgais, comparative raudulīgāks, superlative visraudulīgākais, adverb raudulīgi)
- (typically of children) tearful (who cries often)
- raudulīgs bērns ― tearful child, crybaby
- ja bērns dažreiz ir raudulīgs, nemierīgs, tad tam ir kādi iemesli: augošs zobs, slims vēderiņš ― if a child is sometimes tearful, restless, then there is a cause for that: a growing tooth, a sick tummy
- tearful (who cries too often, typically without a good reason; overly sensitive)
- Jaņukam nepatīk raudulīgas meitenes ― Jaņuks doesn't like tearful girls
- slimnieki bieži kļūst raudulīgi, viegli uzbudināmi un nervozi ― patients often become tearful, easily excitable and nervous
- (of speech, voice) tearful (in which crying can be heard or felt)
- runāt raudulīgā balsī ― to speak in a tearful voice
- tearful (who complains all the time; expressing such frequent complaining)
- viņa apaļā seja bez vaibsta, bez dzīvības; no brūnajām acīm nekad neizzūd raudulīgais skatiens ― his round face without features, without life; from (his) brown eyes the tearful, complaining look never disappeared
- sāka pienākt viņa vēstules, pilnas baiļu par savu nākotni: raudulīgas; izmisīgas ― his letters began to arrive, full of pain about his future; tearful; desperate
- tearful, lachrymose (which inspires sorrow, grief; also mushy, sentimental)
- raudulīgi dzejas panti ― lachrymose poetry verses
- mūsu laikmetu gan dēvē par pesimisma laikmetu, bet mūsu pesimisms nav vairs salkans, raudulīgs un neizskan vairs elēģiskās sērās par pagātni ― our era is called an era of pessimism, but our pessimism is no longer mushy, lachrymose and no longer reverberates in elegiac mourning about the past
Declension[edit]
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of raudulīgs
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | raudulīgs | raudulīgi | raudulīga | raudulīgas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | raudulīgu | raudulīgus | raudulīgu | raudulīgas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | raudulīga | raudulīgu | raudulīgas | raudulīgu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | raudulīgam | raudulīgiem | raudulīgai | raudulīgām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | raudulīgu | raudulīgiem | raudulīgu | raudulīgām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | raudulīgā | raudulīgos | raudulīgā | raudulīgās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||