paradoksāls

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Latvian

Etymology

From paradokss (paradox) +‎ -āls. Probably not formed as such in (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latvian, but borrowed and adapted from other European languages.

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Adjective

paradoksāls (definite paradoksālais, comparative paradoksālāks, superlative visparadoksālākais, adverb paradoksāli)

  1. paradoxical (relating to, expressing, a paradox)
    paradoksāls gadījums, stāvoklisparadoxical case, situation
    paradoksāls atzinums, apgalvojumsparadoxical opinion, statement
    paradoksāla asprātībaparadoxical wit
    paradoksāli salīdzinājumiparadoxical comparisons
    ir reizes, kad dzejnieku var izprovocēt uz atcerēšanos... traģiskais un komiskais, sīkais un nozīmīgais tad parādās dzīves paradoksālos mezglojumosthere are times when a poet can trigger memories... the tragic and the comic, the petty and the meaningful show themselves in life's paradoxical entanglements

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