žiglums

Latvian

From žigls (“quick, swift, agile”) +‎ -ums.

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žiglums m (1st declension)

speed, quickness, swiftness (the quality of that which is quick, fast, swift, agile)
ātri uguns gaitas žiglumu apsvēris, viņš visus ieveda vēl dziļāk silā ― having quickly considered the speed of the pace of the fire, he brought all (the people) even deeper into the pine forest

radiobalss traucas žiglumā, kas agrāko laiku cilvēkam liktos pasakaini ― radio voice(s) travel at a speed that people of earlier times would consider fabulous

Declension of žiglums (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	žiglums	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	žiglumu	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	žigluma	—
dative (datīvs)	žiglumam	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	žiglumu	—
locative (lokatīvs)	žiglumā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	žiglum	—