vainīgums
Latvian
Etymology
From vainīgs (“guilty”) + -ums (with vainīgs from vaina (“guilt”) + -īgs).
Pronunciation
Noun
vainīgums m (1st declension)
- guilt, guiltiness, culpability, blameworthiness (the quality or state of one who is guilty)
- vainīguma prezumpcija ― presumption of guilt, of culpability
- noziedzīga nodarījuma subjekts un vainīgums krimināltiesībās ― the subject of a criminal offense and guiltiness in criminal law
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vainīgums | — |
| genitive | vainīguma | — |
| dative | vainīgumam | — |
| accusative | vainīgumu | — |
| instrumental | vainīgumu | — |
| locative | vainīgumā | — |
| vocative | vainīgum | — |