Meaning of velnišķība | Babel Free

Definitions

1. devilishness, diabolicalness, diabolism (the quality of that which is devilish, diabolical)
   declension-1, masculine
2. locative singular of velnišķība
   feminine, form-of, locative, singular
3. devilry; vicious, evil act, action
   also, declension-1, masculine, plural

Examples

“plānu velnišķība”

the diabolicalness of the plans

“gan kāzās, gan kristībās, nelūgti un neredzami saimnieks un velns tur bija ēduši un dzēruši, un līksmojušies, un katru reizi kā pateicību par negribēto uzcienāšanu arī kādu velnišķību nostrādājuši, vai nu viesībniekiem kāda kaite piemetusies, vai arī ar viņu lopiem kas gadījies”

both in the wedding and in the baptism, uninvited and invisible, the landlord and the devil ate and drank, and were joyful, and every time, in gratitude for the unwanted feasts, they also did some devilry, so that some trouble would come to the guests, or something would happen to their animals

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