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

Declension

Declension of morāle (5th declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	morāle	morāles
genitive	morāles	morāļu
dative	morālei	morālēm
accusative	morāli	morāles
instrumental	morāli	morālēm
locative	morālē	morālēs
vocative	morāle	morāles

Related terms

• morālisms
• morālists, morāliste
• morāls