sīkums
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Latvian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From sīks (“tiny, small, detailed”) + -ums.
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
Declension of sīkums (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | sīkums | sīkumi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | sīkumu | sīkumus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | sīkuma | sīkumu |
| dative (datīvs) | sīkumam | sīkumiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | sīkumu | sīkumiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | sīkumā | sīkumos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | sīkum | sīkumi |