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spalgums

spalgums

Latvian

Noun

spalgums m (1st declension)

  1. (of sounds) shrillness, reediness (the quality of that which is shrill, reedy, sharp, piercing, high-pitched)
    zvana spalgums ― the shrillness of the (door)bell
    balss spalgums ― the shrillness of the voice
  2. (of pain) acuteness, sharpness
    karsta sāpe izplūda audos... augot spalgumā', skaudrumā, asumā ― a hot pain flooded into (his) tissues... growing in acuteness and sharpness
  3. (of weather) piercing cold
    sals neatvilga, bet vēl pieņēmās spalgumā ― the frost did not weaken, its piercing cold increased (instead)

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