sāļums

Latvian

Etymology

From sāļš (“salty”) +‎ -ums.

Noun

sāļums m (1st declension)

1. 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