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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dross (“brave, sure, safe”) + -me (dross being a dialectal variant of drošs (“brave, sure, safe”)).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]drosme f (5th declension)
- courage, bravery (character quality expressed in fearlessness in the presence of danger; the behavior it motivates)
- parādīt drosmi ― to show courage
- zaudēt drosmi ― to lose courage
- drosme atzīt savas kļūdas ― the courage to admit one's mistakes
- drosmes pretstats bailes ― the opposite of courage (is) fear
Declension
[edit]Declension of drosme (5th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | drosme | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | drosmi | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | drosmes | — |
| dative (datīvs) | drosmei | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | drosmi | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | drosmē | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | drosme | — |
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “drošs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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