Meaning of trūcība | Babel Free

Definitions

1. poverty, need (situation in which the necessary means of subsistence are scarce or lacking)
   declension-4, feminine
2. locative singular of trūcība
   feminine, form-of, locative, singular
3. poverty, scarcity, insufficience (quality of that which is poor, lacking)
   declension-4, feminine

Examples

“dzīvot lielā trūcībā”

to live in great poverty

“nonākt trūcībā”

to come (= fall) into poverty

“Krišjānis Barons ar apbrīnojamu neatlaidību, nepārtraukti ar trūcību kaudamies, tiecas pēc izglītības”

Krišjānis Barons with admirable perseverance, continuously fighting with poverty, pursued (his) education

“pirmo reizi, izbraucis cauri kādai pilsētai, cilvēks var sacīt, ka zina to... otrajā reizē šīs zināšanas jau parāda savu trucību”

the first time, passing through a city, a person can say that he knows it... the second time, this knowledge already shows its poverty, insufficience

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