nejēga

== Latvian == === Etymology === From ne- +‎ jēga (“meaning, sense, knowledge”). It is a remnant of an earlier sense of jēga, “intelligent person.” === Pronunciation === === Noun === nejēga m or f (4th declension) ignorant, unskilled, stupid person (someone without the necessary knowledge or skills for something) 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 fool, foolish person (someone whose behavior or actions are nonsensical) 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 ==== Usage notes ==== The term nejēga is ambigenous. It is masculine when it refers to males and feminine when it refers to females. It is, however, always declined as a feminine noun, with the exception of its dative singular form, which is nejēgam when it refers to a male and nejēgai when it refers to a female. ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== duraks idiots, idiote muļķis, muļķe, muļķadesa neprātis, neprāte stulbenis, stulbene ==== Related terms ==== jēga jēgt === References ===