noslēpums
Latvian
Etymology
From nosplēp(t) (“to hide, to keep secret”) + -ums (with noslēpt from no- + slēpt (“to hide”)).
Noun
noslēpums m (1st declension)
- secret (information which is not to be disclosed to others)
- valsts noslēpums ― state secret
- kara noslēpums ― war secret
- dienesta noslēpums ― professional secret
- glabāt noslēpumu ― to keep a secret
- turēt noslēpumā ― to keep (something) a secret
- izpaust noslēpumu ― to reveal, to disclose a secret
- atklāt draugam noslēpumu ― to reveal a secret to a friend
- no dieva puses, nestāstiet nevienam, tas ir liels noslēpums ― for god's sake, don't tell anyone, this is a big secret
- Zanda... tu esi mana sieva, nekādu noslēpumu starp mums nedrīkst būt ― Zanda... you are my wife, there should be no secrets between us
- secret, mystery (something that is not known, that has not been investigated or researched)
- darbs - liela mūža noslepums ― work (is) the secret of a big (= long) life
- kolosālie zinātnes sasniegumi matērijas dziļāko noslēpumu atklāšanā ― colossal scientific achievements in the discovery of the deepest secrets of matter
Declension
Declension of noslēpums (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | noslēpums | noslēpumi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | noslēpumu | noslēpumus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | noslēpuma | noslēpumu |
| dative (datīvs) | noslēpumam | noslēpumiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | noslēpumu | noslēpumiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | noslēpumā | noslēpumos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | noslēpum | noslēpumi |
Derived terms
- noslēpumains, noslēpumainība
Related terms
- noslēpt