"nejēga" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Latvian]

Etymology: From ne- + jēga (“meaning, sense, knowledge”). It is a remnant of an earlier sense of jēga, “intelligent person.” Etymology templates: {{prefix|lv|ne|jēga|gloss2=meaning, sense, knowledge}} ne- + jēga (“meaning, sense, knowledge”), {{m|lv|jēga}} jēga Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|g=m|g2=f|head=|sort=}} nejēga m or f, {{lv-noun|mf|4th}} nejēga m or f (4th declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|nejēg|a|4th||||mi|extrawidth=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-4|nejēg|a|4=|5=|6=|7=mi|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|nejēga|nejēgas|nejēgu|nejēgas|nejēgas|nejēgu|nejēgai|nejēgām|nejēgu|nejēgām|nejēgā|nejēgās|nejēga|nejēgas|16=nejēgam|type=4th declension|x=-60}} Forms: declension-4 [table-tags], nejēga [nominative, singular], nejēgas [nominative, plural], nejēgu [accusative, singular], nejēgas [accusative, plural], nejēgas [genitive, singular], nejēgu [genitive, plural], nejēgam [dative, singular], nejēgai [dative, singular], nejēgām [dative, plural], nejēgu [instrumental, singular], nejēgām [instrumental, plural], nejēgā [locative, singular], nejēgās [locative, plural], nejēga [singular, vocative], nejēgas [plural, vocative]
  1. ignorant, unskilled, stupid person (someone without the necessary knowledge or skills for something) Tags: declension-4, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-nejēga-lv-noun-J5ipuR3b Categories (other): Latvian terms prefixed with ne- Disambiguation of Latvian terms prefixed with ne-: 50 50
  2. fool, foolish person (someone whose behavior or actions are nonsensical) Tags: declension-4, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-nejēga-lv-noun-t9EVesj2 Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian etymologies from LEV, Latvian terms prefixed with ne- Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Latvian etymologies from LEV: 37 63 Disambiguation of Latvian terms prefixed with ne-: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: duraks, idiots, idiote, muļķis, muļķe, muļķadesa, neprātis, neprāte, stulbenis, stulbene Related terms: jēga, jēgt

Inflected forms

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