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Latvian
Etymology
From mazs (“small, little”) + -ums.
Noun
mazums m (1st declension)
- smallness, littleness (the quality of that which is small, little)
- lielums un mazums ― greatness and smallness
- ir brīži, sirds lielumu meklē; ir brīži, no mazuma ― there are moments when the heart searches for greatness; there are (also) moments from smallness
- small number, volume, mass
- iet mazumā ― to decrease, to diminish (lit. to go into smallness)
- ko nu viņš tur noķer, bet tāpat kādu mazumu ― but what did he catch, if not only very little
- (used adverbially) a little
- vai mazums locījies es sirdsapziņas mokās ― did I twist a little in the agony of my conscience (= remorse)?
Declension
Declension of mazums (1st declension)