Meaning of nejēga | Babel Free

Definitions

1. ignorant, unskilled, stupid person (someone without the necessary knowledge or skills for something)
   declension-4, feminine, masculine
2. locative singular of nejēga
   feminine, form-of, locative, masculine, singular
3. fool, foolish person (someone whose behavior or actions are nonsensical)
   declension-4, feminine, masculine

Equivalents

Examples

“nejēga šahā”

a person unskilled in chess

“nejēga lauku darbos”

a person unskilled for farm work

“nejēga muzikā”

a person ignorant of music

“svešais pievienojas viņām un apjautājas par skolu... galīgs nejēga; acīm redzot, nezina, ka mācības tikai šodien pa īstam sākušās”

the stranger joined them and asked about the school... (he was) a fool; apparently unaware that classes really started only today

“gadās dažreiz arī kļūmes... tad meistars baras un sauc mūs par nejēgām”

sometimes failure happens... then the teacher scolds us and calls us stupid

“pilnīgs nejēga”

a complete fool

“šeit dzīvodams, arvien skaidrāk saprotu, cik liels nejēga esmu bijis”

living here, I understand more and more clearly how big a fool I have been

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