jaunums
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Latvian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
jaunums m (1st declension)
- newness, youth (the quality of being new, young; syn. jaunība)
- meitenes jaunums ― the girl's youth
- news, novelty (something recently invented, discovered, created, composed, published, something that happened recently)
- zinātnes jaunumi ― science news, new scientific advances
- tehnikas jaunumi ― technical, technological news, new technical, technological advances
- kora mūzikas jaunumi ― choir music news, new works
- viņš visu brīvo laiku klaiņoja pa grāmatu veikaliem, meklēdams literārus jaunumus ― he spent all his free time wandering through bookstores, looking for literary novelties
- something new, novelty (something that didn't exist before)
- jaunums “Vaidelotes” izrādē ir tas, ka pieccēlienu lugu teātris rāda ar vienu starpbrīdi ― what is new, the novelty in this performance of “Vaidelotes” is that the theater presented a five-act play with (only) one interval
- news (new facts, information)
- viņš apsprieda avīzē izlasītos sporta jaunumus ― he discussed sports news read on a newspaper
- a, tātad nu viņu ieliņā būs zobārste; tas ir liels jaunums ― ah, so now there will be a (female) dentist in their little street; this is big news
Declension[edit]
Declension of jaunums (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | jaunums | jaunumi |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | jaunumu | jaunumus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | jaunuma | jaunumu |
| dative (datīvs) | jaunumam | jaunumiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | jaunumu | jaunumiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | jaunumā | jaunumos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | jaunum | jaunumi |