zilums

Latvian

Berlīnes zilums

From zils (“blue”) +‎ -ums.

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zilums m (1st declension)

(singular only) blue, blueness (the quality of that which is blue)
debesu zilums ― the blueness of the sky
blue pigment, paint, ink
Berlīnes zilums ― Prussian blue
(medicine) bruise (bluish mark on the skin, resulting from a blow)
dabūt zilumu zem acs ― to get a bruise under the eye