spožums
Appearance
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From spožs (“bright”) + -ums.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]spožums m (1st declension)
- (physics, of lights, light sources) brightness (the subjective perception of the intensity per unit of area of a source of light)
- spuldzes spožums ― the brightness of a light bulb
- saules spožums ― brightness of the sun
- lai salīdzinātu... dažādus gaismas avotus pēc to gaismas stipruma un spožuma, jāveic fotometriskie mērījumi ― in order to compare... various light sources according to light intensity and brightness, one must use photometric measurements
- (of other objects) brightness, shininess, shine
- saule nogāja, bet norieta spožums taisījās turēties ilgi ― the sun went down, but the brightness of the sunset was going to remain for a while
- Jānim bija jābrīnās par meitenes acu spožumu: piemīlīgāku un dzidrāku gaismu viņš nekad nebija redzējis ― Jānis was surprised by the brightness of the girls' eyes: never before had he seen such a sweet, clear light
- (usually in the plural) shiny objects
- Mazajai Dzidrai ļoti interesēja mātesbrāļa mundiera spožumi: pogas, uzpleči, zīmotnes ar zvaigznītēm ― Little Dzidra was very interested in the shiny things in her uncle's uniform: buttons, shoulder straps, insignias with little stars
- brilliance, magnificence (the quality of that which is brilliant, outstanding, remarkable)
- slava spožums ― the brilliance, magnificence of fame
- māksliniecei raksturīgs liels spožums dziedājumos ― (this) artist is characterized by great brilliance in (her) singing
- (of people, their lives) luxuriousness
- kažu svinību spožuma nebija ― there was no luxuriousness of (= in the) wedding
Declension
[edit]Declension of spožums (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | spožums | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | spožumu | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | spožuma | — |
dative (datīvs) | spožumam | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | spožumu | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | spožumā | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | spožum | — |