morāle

See also: morale and morālē

Latvian

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Latin mōrālis.

Noun

morāle f (5th declension)

  1. morality (historically determined system of norms, rules, and principles that regulate human action in society and in relation to other people)
    reliģiskā morāle ― religious morality
    darba morāle ― work morality
    ģimenes morāle ― family morality
    profesionālā morāle ― professional morality
    starptautisko attiecību morāle ― morality of international relations
    morāles kritērijs, princips, normas ― moral criterion, principle, norms
    morāles prasības ― moral requirements
  2. moral, lesson (ethical conclusion, significance, teaching of something)
    stāsta, fabulas morāle ― the moral of the story, of the fable
    notikuma morāle ― the moral, lesson of the incident

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