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Latvian
Etymology
From bāl (“pale”) + -ums.
Pronunciation
Noun
bālums m (1st declension)
- (of people) pallor, paleness (the state of one who is pale)
- sejas bālums ― face pallor, paleness
- ādas bālums ― skin pallor, paleness
- pirmo izbaiļu bālums bija nozudis no vīriešu vaigiem ― the first frightened pallor had disappeared from the men's cheeks
- paleness (the quality of that which is pale, dim, not bright; a faint, dim light)
- jau logos ausmas pirmais bālums svīst ― already on the windows the first paleness (= dim, faint light) of dawn appears
Declension
Declension of bālums (1st declension)