garums

English

garums

From garš (“long”) +‎ -ums.

garums m (1st declension)

length (distance from one end to the other)
ceļa, upes garums ― path, river length
svārku garums ― skirt length
auguma garums ― height (lit. height length)
garuma mērvienības ― unit of length
(geography) longitude (distance in degrees between a given place and the prime meridian)
ģeogrāfiskais garums ― longitude (lit. geographic length)
austrumu garums ― East longitude
rietumu garums ― West longitude
(of texts, words, etc.) length, size
romāna garums ― the length of the novel
vārda garums ― the length of the word
vēstules garums ― the length of the letter, message
(of a time period, e.g., the time taken by a given action or activity) length
nakts garums ― the length of the night
sarunas garums ― the length of the conversation
(phonetics, phonology) length (longer pronunciation of a vowel or consonant)
patskaņa garumu apzīmē ar svītru virs attiecīgā burta ― vowel length is marked with a bar above the corresponding letter
(instrumental, with viss) maximum length
izstiept kājas visā garumā ― to stretch out (one's) legs to full (lit. all) length (= as far as possible)

Declension of garums (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	garums	garumi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	garumu	garumus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	garuma	garumu
dative (datīvs)	garumam	garumiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	garumu	garumiem
locative (lokatīvs)	garumā	garumos
vocative (vokatīvs)	garum	garumi