saarums

Latvian

From saar(t) (“to plow, to till”) +‎ -ums (with saart from sa- +‎ art (“to plow”)).

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saarums m (1st declension)

ridge, crest formed by two strips of earth being brought together by two opposed goings of a plow on a field
lauka ražību mazina izarumi un saarumi; saarumos augu rīcībā ir lielāks daudzums auglīgas augsnes, izarumos - tikai plāna tās kārtiņa ― depressions (furrows) and ridges reduce the productivity of a field; in the ridges, during the growing of the crops, there is a larger amount of fertile soil, in the depressions - only a thin layer of it
(rare) the (finished) action of tilling, plowing (a field); the result of this action
“labs saarums” saka par labi sastrādātu lauku ― one says “good tilling/tillage” about a well tilled, cultivated field.

Declension of saarums (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	saarums	saarumi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	saarumu	saarumus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	saaruma	saarumu
dative (datīvs)	saarumam	saarumiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	saarumu	saarumiem
locative (lokatīvs)	saarumā	saarumos
vocative (vokatīvs)	saarum	saarumi