biklums
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From bikls (“shy, timid”) + -ums.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]biklums f (4th declension)
- shyness, timidity (the state or quality of one who is shy, timid, insecure)
- meitenes biklums ― the girl's timidity
- stirnas biklums ― the doe's timidity
- pagāja mēneši, līdz zēns atbrīvojās no sākotnējā bikluma ― months went by until the boy freed himself from (his) initial shyness
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | biklums | — |
| genitive | bikluma | — |
| dative | biklumam | — |
| accusative | biklumu | — |
| instrumental | biklumu | — |
| locative | biklumā | — |
| vocative | biklum | — |