žiglums
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From žigls (“quick, swift, agile”) + -ums.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]žiglums m (1st declension)
- speed, quickness, swiftness (the quality of that which is quick, fast, swift, agile)
- ātri uguns gaitas žiglumu apsvēris, viņš visus ieveda vēl dziļāk silā ― having quickly considered the speed of the pace of the fire, he brought all (the people) even deeper into the pine forest
- radiobalss traucas žiglumā, kas agrāko laiku cilvēkam liktos pasakaini ― radio voice(s) travel at a speed that people of earlier times would consider fabulous
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | žiglums | — |
| genitive | žigluma | — |
| dative | žiglumam | — |
| accusative | žiglumu | — |
| instrumental | žiglumu | — |
| locative | žiglumā | — |
| vocative | žiglum | — |