augstums
Latvian
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Noun
[edit]augstums m (1st declension)
- (chiefly in the singular) height, altitude (the quality of being high; the measure of how high something is)
- absolūtais augstums ― altitude (lit. absolute height)
- kalna augstums ir 700 metrus virs jūras līmeņa ― the height of the mountain is 700 meters above sea level
- lidmašīna lidoja 10 tūkstoš metru augstumā ― the airplane is flying at an altitude of 10 thousand meters
- (geometry) perpendicular length from the base to the top (vertex) of a geometric figure
- cilindra, konusa, trīsstūra augstums ― the height of a cylinder, cone, triangle
- (chiefly in the plural) heights (very high place)
- debesu augstumos riņķo vanags ― the hawk flies in cirlces in the heights of the sky
- (figuratively, chiefly plural) heights (high social or professional situation, position)
- noraudzīties no saviem augstumiem ― to watch from one's heights (= high position)
- nolaisties no saviem augstumiem ― to descend from one's heights (= high position)
- slavas augstumi ― the heights of glory
- (of sounds) pitch (property of sounds that depends on the number of oscillationss per unit time of a vibrating body; perceived frequency)
- vienāda augstuma notis, skaņas ― notes, sounds with the same pitch
Declension
[edit]Declension of augstums (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | augstums | augstumi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | augstumu | augstumus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | augstuma | augstumu |
| dative (datīvs) | augstumam | augstumiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | augstumu | augstumiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | augstumā | augstumos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | augstum | augstumi |