sausums
Latvian
editEtymology
editNoun
editsausums m (1st declension)
- drought (significant long-term reduction in rainfall, leading to the depletion of the water reserves of the soil)
- ilgstošs sausums ― prolonged drought
- bet tad iestājās sausums: lietus nelija un nelija... labības stiebri panīka ― but then there was the drought: rain kept not coming... the grain stalks collapsed
- dry land (area where there is little or no water)
- vēzis var ilgāk izturēt sausumā, tomēr arī viņš visu laiku cenšas nokļūt ūdenī ― crab(s) can survive longer on dry land, but they keep trying all the time to get into water
- justies kā zivij sausumā, uz sausuma ― to feel like a fish in dry land
- dryness (the state or quality of that which is dry, contains little or no water)
- augsnes sausums ― soil dryness
- gaisa sausums ― air dryness
- ādas sausums ― skin dryness
- mutē tāds sausums, ka mēle lipa pie aukslējām ― in (his) mouth there was such dryness that (his) tongue stuck to the palate
- dryness (the quality of that which is dry, not emotional, not showing compassion or concern)
- 'māsa žurnālistes darbā bija tālu gājusi uz priekšu: dokumentālais sausums, kas agrāk pavadīja katru viņas uzrakstīto rindu, bija pazudis ― (his) sister had gone far forward (= made progress): the documentary dryness that in the past led her every written line had disappeared
Declension
editDeclension of sausums (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | sausums | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | sausumu | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | sausuma | — |
dative (datīvs) | sausumam | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | sausumu | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | sausumā | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | sausum | — |