ziņkārs

From ziņu (“news, knowledge [gen.]”) +‎ kārs (“ravenous, eager”).

ziņkārs (definite ziņkārais, comparative ziņkārāks, superlative visziņkārākais, adverb ziņkāri)

1. curious, inquisitive (having a strong desire to see, hear, learn, explore; desiring to acquire knowledge)

   ziņkārs bērns ― curious, inquisitive child

   viņš palūkojas papīros uz Kārļa Zemīša galda un noprasa ziņkārs: vai tiek ražots kaut kas lielāks? varbūt romāns? ― he looked at the papers on Kārlis Zemītis' table and asked, curious: was something bigger produced? maybe a novel?

   normālās meitenes, viena apsviedīgāka, otra stostīga, viena čalīga un ziņkāra, cita sevī ierāvusies ― normal (= average) girls, one smarter, the other stammering, one diligent and curious, the other withdrawn# curious, inquisitive (such that it expresses the desire to know, to learn)

   ziņkāras acis ― curious eyes

   ziņkārs skatiens ― curious look

   ziņkārs jautājums ― curious, inquisitive question

   ziņkāra daba ― curious, inquisitive nature

   ziņkāras balsis cenšas izvaicāt vecos strēlniekus, kurp mums būs jāiet, bet tie izvairās no atbildes ― inquisitive voices trying to ask the old riflemen (about) where we would have to go, but they avoided answering

   kad tu parādies ielās, tev allaž seko pulciņš ļauzu; ziņkārie, kas pētī, no kurienes tu nāc un uz kurieni ej ― when you appear on the streets, you are always followed by a small group of people; curious (people) who try to find out where you are coming from and where you are going

• ziņkārīgs

• ziņkāre
• ziņkārība
• ziņkārīgs
• ziņa, zināt