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Latvian
Etymology
From sāk(t) (“to begin”) + -ums.
Noun
sākums m (1st declension)
- beginning, starting point *in time or space)
- jaunās ēras sākums ― the beginning of a new era
- vasaras sākums ― the beginning of summer
- kustības sākums ― the beginnnig of the movement
- dzīves sākums ― the beginning of life, a start in life
- ceļa, upes sākums ― the beginning of the road, of the river
- stāvēt rindas sākums ― to be at the beginning of the line
- romāna sākums ir ļoti interesants ― the beginning of the novel is very interesting
- no sākuma likās, ka diena būs skaidra ― from the start it seemed that the day will be clear
- (in genitive) initial
- sākuma stāvoklis, ātrums ― initial position, velocity
- sākuma posms ― initial phase, stage
- sākuma meridiāns ― initial, first meridian (= Greenwich)
Declension
Declension of sākums (1st declension)
Derived terms