mazums
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mazs (“small, little”) + -ums.
Noun
[edit]mazums m (1st declension)
- smallness, littleness (the quality of that which is small, little)
- lielums un mazums ― greatness and smallness
- ir brīži, sirds lielumu meklē; ir brīži, no mazuma ― there are moments when the heart searches for greatness; there are (also) moments from smallness
- small number, volume, mass
- iet mazumā ― to decrease, to diminish (lit. to go into smallness)
- ko nu viņš tur noķer, bet tāpat kādu mazumu ― but what did he catch, if not only very little
- (used adverbially) a little
- vai mazums locījies es sirdsapziņas mokās ― did I twist a little in the agony of my conscience (= remorse)?
Declension
[edit]Declension of mazums (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | mazums | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | mazumu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | mazuma | — |
| dative (datīvs) | mazumam | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | mazumu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | mazumā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | mazum | — |