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Latvian
Etymology
From mīksts (“soft”) + -ums.
Noun
mīkstums m (1st declension)
- softness (the quality of that which is soft)
- mālu mīkstums ― the softness of clay
- matu mīkstums ― the softness of hair
- rakstura mīkstums ― softness of character
- ūdens mīkstums ― water softness
- viņa iegrimst sēdekļa mīkstums līdz ausīm ― she was absorbed into the softness of the seat to (her) ears
- soft part (of something)
- maizes mīkstums ― soft part of bread (under the crust)
- zoba mīkstums ― soft part of teeth, dental pulp
- atdalīt plūmes kauliņu no mīkstuma ― to separate plum seed(s) from the pulp
- sagriezt gaļas mīkstumu šķēlēs ― to cut the soft meat into slices
- (colloquial) dabūt pa mīkstumiem — to get on the soft parts (of one's bodies, i.e., to get a beating)
Declension
Declension of mīkstums (1st declension)
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