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Latvian
Etymology
From liels (“big”) + -ums.
Pronunciation
Noun
lielums m (1st declension)
- size, value, magnitude (a property or set of properties expressed numerically in some measurement unit)
- priekšmeta lielums ― object size
- telpas lielums ― room size
- ātruma lielums ― speed value, magnitude
- ražas lielums ― harvest size, yield
- rūpniecības produkcijas lieluma pieaugums ― growth in the size of industrial production
- kapitālo ieguldījumu lielums ― capital investment size, value
- dotais lielums ― given, known value
- nezināmais lielums ― unknown value
- vidējais artimētiskais lielums ― arithmetic mean (lit. middle arithmetic value)
- vidējais ģeometriskais lielums ― geometric mean (lit. middle geometric value)
- konstants, pastāvīgs lielums ― constant value
- mainīgs lielums ― variable value, variable
- samērojami, nesamērojami lielumi ― commensurable, incommensurable quantities
- bezgalīgi liels lielums ― infinitely large value, magnitude
- bezgalīgi mazs lielums ― infinitely small, infinitesimal value, magnitude
- galīgs lielums ― finite size, value
- (of clothes, shoes) size (standard dimensions, usually identified by numbers)
- kurpes bija sakārtotas pēc lielumiem ― the shoes were ordered by size
- pieaugušiem vīriešiem visizplatītākais apģērba lielums ir 48 un 50 ― in adult men, the most common clothes size is 48 and 50.
- (chiefly in the singular) intensity, greatness
- sajūsmas, uztraukuma lielums ― delight, excitement intensity
- lieluma mānija ― megalomania (lit. greatness mania)
- (chiefly singular) greatness, importance
- Tēvijas kara lielums vēsturē ir nesalīdzināms ― the greatness of the Patriotic war in history is incomparable
- laika lielumu, kurā dzīvojām, var apjaust un pareizi novērtēt ― the greatness of the times in which we live can be comprehended and properly assessed
- (chiefly in the singular) greatness (outstanding positive qualities of a person)
- ne jau rindu skaits nosaka dzejnieka lielumu, bet gan domu briedums, drosme un emocionālais spēks, kas ieslēpts vārsmās ― not the number of lines shows the poet's greatness, but the maturity of thought, the courage and emotional strength, which lie hidden in the verses
- (colloquial) most, greater part
- lielums no pavasara ūdeņiem bija jau noskrējis ― most, the greater part of the spring waters had already run, flowed by
Declension
Declension of lielums (1st declension)
Synonyms