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Latvian
Etymology
From sīks (“tiny, small, detailed”) + -ums.
Noun
sīkums m (1st declension)
- (chiefly in the plural) trifle(s) (objects of small size, importance, value)
- galantērijas sīkumi ― fancy trifles, fancy stuff
- sīkumu tirgus, sīkumtirgus ― flea market (lit. trifles market)
- (chiefly in the plural) detail(s) (events, circumstances, etc. without much significance)
- runāt, uztraukties par sīkumiem ― to talk, to worry about (unimportant) details
- atstāstīt, aprēķināt, zināt visus sīkumus ― to tell, to calculate, to know all the details
- (chiefly in the singular) smallness, pettiness, insignificance
- sēklu sīkums ir orhideju piemērošanās ― the smallness of the seeds is an adaptation of the orchid
- auguma sīkums ― smallness of growth, shortness, small height
- rokraksta sīkums ― the smallness of (one's) handwriting
- problēmu sīkums ― the smallness, pettiness, insignificance of problems
Declension
Declension of sīkums (1st declension)
Derived terms