Meaning of neprāts | Babel Free

Definitions

1. folly, (mental condition, in which a person acts foolishly)
   declension-1, masculine
2. folly, madness, absurd (behavior or actions that express such a condition)
   declension-1, masculine
3. craziness, madness (state of strong mental disorder)
   declension-1, masculine
4. boldness, audacity
   declension-1, masculine

Examples

““ne karš, ne nelaimes gadījums nav vainīgi,” viņš sacīja; “vainīgs ir cilvēka neprāts””

“neither war, nor unhappy events are to blame,” he said; “the culprit is human folly”

“tāda rīcība ir tīrais neprāts”

this conduct, behavior is pure folly

“viņš drāzās projām kā neprātā”

he rushed away like a madman (lit. as if in madness)

“mīlēt, ienīst līdz neprātam”

to love, to hate passionately (lit. to madness)

“uzsākt kauju ar milzīgo armiju būtu neprāts”

to begin a battle with (such) a huge army would be madness, absurd

“te es uzzināju, ka Valdis nošuts; pēc kapitulācijas izejot brīvē, es esot bijusi tuvu neprātam”

here I found out that Valdis had been shot; having been in freedom after the capitualtion, I have been close to madness

“jautrs un nebēdnīgs līdz neprātam, Ričs pāris stundās bez acīm redzama iemesla varēja ieslīgt bezcerīgā apātijā”

playful and audaciously mischievous (lit. mischievous to audacity, to the point of being bold), Ričs could, in a couple of hours, without apparent reason, fall into hopeless apathy

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