spalgums
Latvian
Etymology
From spalgs (“shrill, sharp, piercing”) + -ums.
Noun
spalgums m (1st declension)
- (of sounds) shrillness, reediness (the quality of that which is shrill, reedy, sharp, piercing, high-pitched)
- zvana spalgums ― the shrillness of the (door)bell
- balss spalgums ― the shrillness of the voice
- (of pain) acuteness, sharpness
- karsta sāpe izplūda audos... augot spalgumā, skaudrumā, asumā ― a hot pain flooded into (his) tissues... growing in acuteness and sharpness
- (of weather) piercing cold
- sals neatvilga, bet vēl pieņēmās spalgumā ― the frost did not weaken, its piercing cold increased (instead)
Declension
Declension of spalgums (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | spalgums | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | spalgumu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | spalguma | — |
| dative (datīvs) | spalgumam | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | spalgumu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | spalgumā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | spalgum | — |