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Latvian
Etymology
From smags (“heavy”) + -ums.
Pronunciation
Noun
smagums m (1st declension)
- (physics) weight, heaviness; gravity
- smaguma spēks ― gravity (lit. weight force)
- smaguma centrs ― center of gravity (lit. center of weight)
- satverot kādu priekšmetu rokās, tā smaguma spēku novērtējam kā priekšmeta svaru ― holding an object in our hands, we observe the force of its heavines (= gravitational pull) as the object's weight
- heaviness, weight (the quality of that which is heavy)
- liels kravas smagums ― heavy load (lit. large weight load)
- zem viņa smaguma nočīkst krēsls ― the chair squeaked under his heaviness, weight
- nogurums gulēja kaulos svina smagumā ― the tiredness lay on (his) bones in (= with) the heaviness of lead
- (also plural) heavy object
- māte ar to reimatismu... aust vai adīt, to gan, bet pa lauka daudz nevar un smagumus nest jau nepavisam ― mother and her rheumatism... weaving or knitting, that's OK, but she cannot (go) outside very much and carry heavy objects not at all
- kad smagums satverts, tas jāceļ lēni, muguru turot taisni ― when (one) lifts a heavy object, (one) must lift it slowly, keeping (one's) back straight
- (of gases, fog, smoke, smells) heaviness, thickness, denseness
- tveicīgs smagums purvā nomāca prātu, smacēja krūtis ― the sultry heaviness (= heavy air) in the swamp stops the mind (and) suffocates the chest
- heaviness, weight, difficulty, hardship
- ceļojuma smagums ― the difficulty of the trip
- dzīves smagums ― the hardship(s) of life
- atbildības smagums ― the heaviness, hardship, difficulty of responsibility
- darba smagums viņš vēl nebija jutis... bet jau pirmajā dienā Jēkabs manīja, ka mazā puiša dienas nav vieglas ― the difficulty, heaviness of the work he hadn't felt yet... but already on the irst day Jēkabs noticed that a little boy's day is not easy
- varbūt viņam aizmigt neļāva neatmaksātā parāda smagums? ― maybe (it was) the heaviness, weight of the debts (that) did not let him fall asleep?
- (of suffering, feelings) difficulty, heaviness, severity, oppressiveness
- Andris pēkšņi sajuta vientulības smagumu ― Andris suddenly felt the weight, heaviness of solitude
- sirds pēc visiem notikumiem šķita smaga, kā ar svinu pielieta ― (his) heart, after all those events, felt heavy, as if sealed in lead
- aiz valdonīgas ārienes Jāzeps slēpa mokošu dvēseles smagumu ― behind (his) domineering exterior, Jāzeps hid the heaviness of a tortured soul
- (of people) heaviness, difficulty, lack of sociability
- rakstura smagums ― heaviness of character (of someone who is difficult to approach)
- (of crimes) severity, seriousness
- nozieguma smagums ― the severity, seriousness of the crime
- varbūt Andrejs kaunējās ieraudzīt visu padarītā grēka smagumu? ― maybe Andrejs was ashamed to see the full seriousness of the sin he committed?
- (of medical or physical conditions) severity, seriousness
- šoka smaguma pakāpe ― the degree of seriousness of the shock
- neatkarīgi no slimības smaguma gripas slimnieks ir bīstams apkārtējiem ― independently of the severity of the disease, an influenza patient is dangerous to other people
- heaviness, heavy, uncomfortable feeling
- noguruma smagums ― the heaviness of fatigue
- viņi abi ieēda vakariņas, un zēns tūliņ sajuta svina smagumu locekļos; viņš aizmiga turpat pie galda ― they both ate dinner, and the boy immediately felt a heaviness like lead in his limbs; he fell asleep right there at the table
- heaviness, slowness, lack of agility or grace
- gaitas smagums ― heaviness of pace, walking
- soļu smagums ― the heaviness of (someone's) steps
- (of sounds) low pitch, hollowness
- trio mūzikā vairāk smaguma, tā šķiet it kā zemes spēku piesūkusies ― in the trio's music (there was) more heaviness, it sounded as if it had become soaked with the forces of the earth
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