lokanums
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From lokans (“flexible”) + -ums.
Noun
[edit]lokanums m (1st declension)
- flexibility, agility (the quality of that which is flexible, agile)
- zara lokanums ― branch flexibility (capacity to be bent without breaking)
- čūskas lokanums ― a snake's flexibility
- ērģelnieks strādāja rokām un kājām, taisni brīnums, kur viņam vēl radās tas lokanums ― the organist worked with his hands and feet, one just wonders where he found such flexibility
Declension
[edit]Declension of lokanums (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | lokanums | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | lokanumu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | lokanuma | — |
| dative (datīvs) | lokanumam | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | lokanumu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | lokanumā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | lokanum | — |