spalgums

Latvian

From spalgs (“shrill, sharp, piercing”) +‎ -ums.

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spalgums m (1st declension)

(of sounds) shrillness, reediness (the quality of that which is shrill, reedy, sharp, piercing, high-pitched)
zvana spalgums ― the shrillness of the (door)bell

balss spalgums ― the shrillness of the voice
(of pain) acuteness, sharpness
karsta sāpe izplūda audos... augot spalgumā, skaudrumā, asumā ― a hot pain flooded into (his) tissues... growing in acuteness and sharpness
(of weather) piercing cold
sals neatvilga, bet vēl pieņēmās spalgumā ― the frost did not weaken, its piercing cold increased (instead)

Declension of spalgums (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	spalgums	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	spalgumu	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	spalguma	—
dative (datīvs)	spalgumam	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	spalgumu	—
locative (lokatīvs)	spalgumā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	spalgum	—