drosme

See also: Drôme and drosmē

Latvian

Etymology

From dross (brave, sure, safe) + -me (dross being a dialectal variant of drošs (brave, sure, safe)).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dɾùosme]
(file)

Noun

drosme f (5th declension)

  1. courage, bravery (character quality expressed in fearlessness in the presence of danger; the behavior it motivates)
    parādīt drosmito show courage
    zaudēt drosmito lose courage
    drosme atzīt savas kļūdasthe courage to admit one's mistakes
    drosmes pretstats bailesthe opposite of courage (is) fear

Declension

Synonyms

  • bezbailība, bezbailīgums

Antonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), drošs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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