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garums

garums

English

Noun

garums

  1. plural of garum

Latvian

Etymology

From garš (long) + -ums.

Noun

garums m (1st declension)

  1. length (distance from one end to the other)
    ceļa, upes garums ― path, river length
    svārku garums ― skirt length
    auguma garums ― height (lit. height length)
    garuma mērvienības ― unit of length
  2. (geography) longitude (distance in degrees between a given place and the prime meridian)
    ģeogrāfiskais garumslongitude (lit. geographic length)
    austrumu garums ― East longitude
    rietumu garums ― West longitude
  3. (of texts, words, etc.) length, size
    romāna garums ― the length of the novel
    vārda garums ― the length of the word
    vēstules garums ― the length of the letter, message
  4. (of a time period, e.g., the time taken by a given action or activity) length
    nakts garums ― the length of the night
    sarunas garums ― the length of the conversation
  5. (phonetics, phonology) length (longer pronunciation of a vowel or consonant)
    patskaņa garumu apzīmē ar svītru virs attiecīgā burta ― vowel length is marked with a bar above the corresponding letter
  6. (instrumental, with viss) maximum length
    izstiept kājas visā garumā ― to stretch out (one's) legs to full (lit. all) length (= as far as possible)

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