skaidrums
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From skaidrs (“clear”) + -ums.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
skaidrums m (1st declension)
- clearness (the quality of that which is clear, clean, transparent)
- bija piestājis snigt; rāms skaidrums un maigums pludoja apkārt ― it had stopped snowing; serene clearness and softness were flooding everywhere
- ūdens lāse, man savu skaidrumu dod, / lai varu es visu atspulgot ― water drop, give me your clearness, / so that I can reflect everything
- viņa bija tikpat bāla un caurspīdīga kā agrāk; acis vizēja zilas, bet to eņģeliskais skaidrums bija zudis ― she was so pale and trasnparent as before; (her) eyes shone blue, but that angelic clearness had disappeared
- clarity, clearness (the quality of that which is clear, easy to perceive, without impediments or errors)
- attēla skaidrums ― the clarity of the image
- izrunas skaidrums ― pronunciation clarity
- siltajā puskrēslā cilvēku sejas tagad varēja tikko saskaitīt, priekšmeti bija zaudējuši asās kontūras, mūzika - skaidrumu ― in the warm dusk people's faces now could barely be seen, objects had lost their sharp contours, music - its clearness
- (of sounds) clarity, clearness, sonorousness
- balss skaidrums ― the clarity, clearness, sonorousness of a voice
Declension edit
Declension of skaidrums (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | skaidrums | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | skaidrumu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | skaidruma | — |
| dative (datīvs) | skaidrumam | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | skaidrumu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | skaidrumā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | skaidrum | — |