ireāls

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin irreālis (“unreal”), adapted to fit Latvian patterns (suffix -āls).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

ireāls (definite ireālais, comparative ireālāks, superlative visireālākais, adverb ireāli)

  1. unreal (such that it isn't, cannot be real, in reality; imagined, made up, existing only in fantasy)
    pasaka ir literatūras žanrs, kur darbojas ireālas būtnes ― fairy tales are the literary genre which deals with unreal beings
    nākamās dienas darbā man šķita kaut kā ireālas: es gan cilāju dokumentus, rakstīju ar mašīnu... bet to visu it kā darīja kāds automāts ― the following days at work seemed to me (like) something unreal: I lifted documents, typed... but everything was as if done by some machine

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