tipiskums
Latvian
Etymology
From tipisks (“typical”) + -ums (with tipisks from tips (“type”) + -isks).
Pronunciation
Noun
tipiskums m (1st declension)
- typicalness, typicality (the quality of that which is typical)
- tas, ka mēs šodien, laikam varam sacīt: “viņas vietā tikpat labi varētu būt arī cita izcila strādniece”, nemazina viņas veikuma nozīmi, bet, gluži otrādi, apliecina jau zināmu tipiskumu ― the fact that we now maybe can say: “in her place could well be another excellent worker” does not diminsh the importance of her performance; quite the ocntrary, it confirms an already known typicality
- tēlu tipiskums visspilgtāk izpaužas reālistiskajā mākslā ― the typicality (i.e., type-orientedness) of the image is most clearly expressed in realitic art
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tipiskums | — |
| genitive | tipiskuma | — |
| dative | tipiskumam | — |
| accusative | tipiskumu | — |
| instrumental | tipiskumu | — |
| locative | tipiskumā | — |
| vocative | tipiskum | — |