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Latvian
Etymology
From rets (“thin, rare”) + -ums.
Noun
retums m (1st declension)
- rarity (something rare, rarely seen, found, observed)
- bibliogrāfisks retums ― bibliographic rarity
- redzēju tādu retumu, kā melno stārķi ― I saw such a rarity as the black stork
- dabas retums ― a rarity of nature, something abnormal, not typical
- rarity, thinness (the quality of that which is rare, thin)
- gaišie mati... kur pakausī tas retums, tas tik mākslīgi pārsegts un nosukāts, ka nemaz nav manāms. ― blond hair... where on the back of (his) head it was rare, it (= hair) was so artfully brushed and covered that it was not noticeable
Declension
Declension of retums (1st declension)
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