garums
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Noun edit
garums
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Latvian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
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 edit
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 |