teicams

Latvian

Participle

teicams (definite teicamais; adverb teicami)

  1. which can or should be said, told; indefinite present passive participle of teikt

Adjective

teicams (definite teicamais, comparative teicamāks, superlative visteicamākais, adverb teicami)

  1. very good, excellent (i.e., worthy of being mentioned)
    teicams amātnieksan excellent craftsman
    teicams strādnieksan excellent worker
    teicams darbsexcellent work
    teicama kārtībaexcellent condition
    teicama kvalitāteexcellent quality
    teicama atmiņaexcellent memory
    teicama atzīme mācībāsexcellent (= highest) grade in (one's) study
  2. (of songs) such that its rhythm or intonation is close to the rhythm or intonation of spoken language
    latviešu tautas dziesmu primitīvākā un senākā slāņa - teicamo dziesmu - melodikas pamatā ir dažadas skaņkārto struktūrasat the base of the melody of the most primitive layer of Latvian folk songs - the talkable songs - there are several tonal structures

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