Meaning of muļķība | Babel Free

Definitions

1. foolishness, folly, stupidity (the quality of one who is stupid, foolish)
   declension-4, feminine, singular
2. locative singular of muļķība
   feminine, form-of, locative, singular
3. foolishness, folly, stupidity (behavior, action, words that express lack of intelligence)
   declension-4, feminine
4. unimportant thing; nonsense, rubbish
   declension-4, feminine

Equivalents

Examples

“ciest savas muļķības dēļ”

to suffer because of one's foolishness

“parādīt savu muļķību”

to show one's stupidity

“izdarīt lielu muļķību”

to do a big stupidity, a stupid thing

“runāt, rakstīt muļķības”

to say, to write stupidities

“Ansim Gulbim likās, ka ir tīrā muļķība rūpēties, lai lasītāju rokās nonāk labas grāmatas”

it seemed to Ansis Gulbim that it is pure folly to work so that good books would come to the readers' hands

““paņemšu līdzi arī šļirces ar ampulām pret čūsku kodieniem” - “muļķības! vai tad nu tik traki būs!””

“I will also take along syringes and vials against snake bites” - “nonsense! don't be so crazy!”

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