noslēpums

From nosplēp(t) (“to hide, to keep secret”) +‎ -ums (with noslēpt from no- +‎ slēpt (“to hide”)).

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noslēpums m (1st declension)

1. secret (information which is not to be disclosed to others)

   valsts noslēpums ― state secret

   kara noslēpums ― war secret

   dienesta noslēpums ― professional secret

   glabāt noslēpumu ― to keep a secret

   turēt noslēpumā ― to keep (something) a secret

   izpaust noslēpumu ― to reveal, to disclose a secret

   atklāt draugam noslēpumu ― to reveal a secret to a friend

   no dieva puses, nestāstiet nevienam, tas ir liels noslēpums ― for god's sake, don't tell anyone, this is a big secret

   Zanda... tu esi mana sieva, nekādu noslēpumu starp mums nedrīkst būt ― Zanda... you are my wife, there should be no secrets between us

2. secret, mystery (something that is not known, that has not been investigated or researched)

   darbs - liela mūža noslepums ― work (is) the secret of a big (= long) life

   kolosālie zinātnes sasniegumi matērijas dziļāko noslēpumu atklāšanā ― colossal scientific achievements in the discovery of the deepest secrets of matter

• noslēpumains, noslēpumainība

• noslēpt