raudulīgs
Latvian
Etymology
From raudulis (“crier, crybaby”) + -īgs (with raudulis from raud(as) (“crying”) + -ulis).
Adjective
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
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) | — | — | — | — | |||||
Derived terms
- raudulīgums
Related terms
- raudas, raudāt
- raudiens
- raudulība
- raudulis, raudule