nazālums
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From nazāls (“nasal”) + -ums.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]nazālums m (1st declension)
- (phonetics, phonology) nasality, nasalness (the quality of that which is nasal, which is accompanied by simultaneous airflow through the nose)
- balss nazālums ― the nasality of a voice
- patskaņa nazālums ― the nasality of a vowel
- slēdzeņa ŋ artikulācija vietas ziņā ir līdzīga līdzskaņu k, g artikulācijai, atšķirdamas tikai ar nazālumu ― with respect to the place of articulation, the occlusive ŋ is similar to the articulation of the consonants k, g, differing (from them) only with (= by, because of) nasalization
Declension
[edit]Declension of nazālums (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | nazālums | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | nazālumu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | nazāluma | — |
| dative (datīvs) | nazālumam | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | nazālumu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | nazālumā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | nazālum | — |