sāļums
Latvian
Etymology
From sāļš (“salty”) + -ums.
Noun
sāļums m (1st declension)
- salinity, saltiness (the quality of that which is salty or contains salt)
- ūdens sāļums ― water salinity
- augsnes sāļums ― soil salinity
- es gan to gaļu nomērcēju, bet, kad ir stipri sasālīta, nevar dabūt sāļumu nost ― I (can) season this meat, but, when it is strongly salted, it is not possible to get the saltiness off (of it)
Declension
Declension of sāļums (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | sāļums | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | sāļumu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | sāļuma | — |
| dative (datīvs) | sāļumam | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | sāļumu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | sāļumā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | sāļum | — |
Related terms
- sālīt
- sāls
- sāļš