baigums
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From baigs (“terrible, dreadful”) + -ums.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]baigums m (1st declension)
- dreadfulness, grimness (the quality or state of that which is terrible, dreadful, grim)
- kara postažas baigums ― the dreadfulness of war desolation
- dread, gloomy feelings and fears
- nekur visā apkārtnē nebija manāma ne mazākā dzīvība, un tas viesa zēna sirdī baigumu ― nowhere in the whole neighborhood there was any noticeable living thing, and this caused dread in the boy's heart
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | baigums | — |
| genitive | baiguma | — |
| dative | baigumam | — |
| accusative | baigumu | — |
| instrumental | baigumu | — |
| locative | baigumā | — |
| vocative | baigum | — |