stingums
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Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From stings (“rigid, stiff, numb”) + -ums, or from sting(t) (“to harden, to stiffen”) + -ums.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]stingums m (1st declension)
- rigidity (the state or quality of that which is rigid, has become rigid)
- masas stinguma pakāpe ― the degree of rigidity of a mass
- vielas stinguma stāvoklis ― the state of rigidity of a substance
- rigidity, stiffness, numbness (the quality of that which is rigid, stiff, numb, also figuratively)
- muskuļu stingums ― muscular rigidity, stiffness, numbness
- augu stingums ziemā ― the rigidity, stiffness of plants in winter
- nāves stingums ― the stiffness of death (rigor mortis)
- skatiena stingums ― the rigidity, rigidity of the look, stare
- Merkmaņa žesti, seja, poza, viss pauda dīvanu stingumu ― Merkmanis' gestures, face, posture, everything expressed a strange stiffness, rigidity
- pēc pārciestā satraukuma viņa ķermeni pārņēma truls stingums ― after enduring anxiety, his body was overtaken by a dull rigidity, numbness
- (physics) rigidity (physical quantity that describes a body's degree of resistance to deformation)
- materiāla stingums ― material rigidity
- stieņa stingums ― the rigidity of a bar, rod
- atsperes stingums ― the rigidity of a spring
- (technology) rigidity (the quality of a system the parts of which cannot displace each other)
- konstrukcijas stingums ― structural rigidity
- režģa stingums ― grid, lattice rigidity
- stinguma koeficients ― rigidity coefficient
Declension
[edit]Declension of stingums (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | stingums | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | stingumu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | stinguma | — |
| dative (datīvs) | stingumam | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | stingumu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | stingumā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | stingum | — |