aizspriedums
Latvian
Etymology
A new term coined in the 1860s-1870s, from aiz- + spriedums (“judgment”), with spriedums from spriest (past stem: spried-) (“to judge”) + -ums, probably by K. Valdemārs and F. Brīvzemnieks. At that time, A. Kronvalds also proposed a term aizspriediens, which, however, never became popular.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [àjspɾiɛ̂dums]
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Noun
aizspriedums m (1st declension)
- prejudice, preconception (a previously made judgment about a situation, usually mistaken, often outdated, which has become an obstacle to reasonable behavior; an often mistaken negative opinion)
- reliģiski aizspriedumi ― religious prejudices
- būt bez aizspriedumiem ― to have no prejudices
- ignorēt aizspriedumus ― to ignore prejudices
- pārvarēt aizspriedumus ― to overcome prejudices
- atrasties aizspriedumu varā ― to be in the power of prejudices
- cīnīties ar veciem aizspriedumiem ― to fight against old prejudices
- aizspriedumi pret jaunām metodēm ― prejudice against new methods
- Indijā vēl nav pārvarēts aizspriedums, ka pērtiķis ir svēts dzīvnieks ― in India, the prejudice that monkeys are holy animals has not yet been overcome
Declension
Declension of aizspriedums (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | aizspriedums | aizspriedumi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | aizspriedumu | aizspriedumus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | aizsprieduma | aizspriedumu |
| dative (datīvs) | aizspriedumam | aizspriedumiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | aizspriedumu | aizspriedumiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | aizspriedumā | aizspriedumos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | aizspriedum | aizspriedumi |
Related terms
- spriest
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “aizspriedums”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN