žirgtums
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From žirgts (“lively, brisk, active”) + -ums.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]žirgtums m (1st declension)
- liveliness, vivacity, briskness, activity (the quality of one who is lively, vivacious, brisk, active)
- ir taču veselīgi pakustēties svaigā gaisā: tūlīt cits žirgtums un dzīvesprieks ― it is, however, healthy to move in the fresh air: immediately (one gets) another (= more) 'vivacity and joy
- tēvs lika Artūram izvest jauno zirgu no kūts... viņš gribēja vēlreiz to apskatīt un papriecāties par tā žirgtumu ― father made Artūrs bring the new horse out from the barn... he wanted to examine it again, to enjoy its briskness
Declension
[edit]Declension of žirgtums (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | žirgtums | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | žirgtumu | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | žirgtuma | — |
dative (datīvs) | žirgtumam | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | žirgtumu | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | žirgtumā | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | žirgtum | — |