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Latvian
Etymology
From sekls (“shallow”) + -ums.
Noun
seklums m (1st declension)
- shallowness, shallow place (in a river, lake, etc.)
- upes seklums ― a river's shallowness, shallow place
- dīķa seklums ― a pond's shallowness, shallow place
- piekrastes seklums ― coastal shallowness, shallow place
- sekluma vilnis ― shallow wave (= one coming from a shallow place)
- viņa panāca vairāk seklumā, kur rokām varēja aiztikt dibenu ― she came over to the shallow place, where she could touch the bottom with her hands
- (of breath, breathing) shallowness (quality of not involving much air)
- ieelpas seklums ― shallowness of breath
- shallowness (the quality of being without deeper content, feelings, of missing the essence of something)
- interešu seklums ― shallowness of interests
- dzīves apnikums un seklums ― life's tedium and shallowness
- viņa bija laipna tik ilgi, kamēr attiecības palika paviršas pazīšanās seklumā ― she was kind, as long as the relationship remained superficial, in the shallowness of familiarity
Declension
Declension of seklums (1st declension)
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