grūtība

See also: grūtībā

Latvian

Etymology

From grūts (difficult, hard) + -ība.

Pronunciation

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Noun

grūtība f (4th declension)

  1. difficulty, hardship
    pēckara grūtībaspost-war difficulties, hardships
    ceļa grūtībastravel difficulties
    kā parasti, saimniece sūdzas par savām dzīves grūtībām: nav malkas, nav naudas...as usual, the landlady complained about her life difficulties: no wood, no money...
    Kaņeps nevarēja nedomāt par visām tām grūtībām, kuras viņam nācās tagad pārciestKaņeps could not think about all those difficulties which he had to endure now
    “tu atdursies vēl uz kādu grūtību”, Rendenieks turpināja, “kad budži padzirdēs par neražu, tie centīsies labību slēpt” — you will come upon yet another difficulty, Rendenieks went on, when the rich farmers hear about the bad harvest, they will try to hide the grain
  2. difficulty (lack, insufficient amount of something; failure of something)
    naudu grūtībasmoney difficulties
    tehniskas grūtībastechnical difficulties
    ģimenei radās materiālas grūtības; man vajadzēja sākt pelnītthe family had material difficulties, hardships; I had to start earning money
  3. difficulty (effort that is higher than usual in some action)
    elpošanas grūtībasbreathing difficulties
    ar grūtībām paveikt darbuto do the job with difficulty
    Sādžā varēja orientēties tikai ar grūtībāmSādžā could orient himself only with difficulties
    folkloras materiāla plašāku izmantošanu etnogrāfijā ierobežo grūtības tā datēšanāthe difficulties in the datation of the folklore material limit its wider use in ethnography

Usage notes

The singular forms of grūtība, though extant, are much less frequently used than the plural forms.

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