Latvian

Noun

vecums m (1st declension)

1. old age (the last phase of life)

   vecuma nespēks‎ ― senility (lit. the weakness, feebleness of old age)

   sirms vecums‎ ― ripe (lit. gray) old age

   vecuma dienas, vecumdienas‎ ― old age (lit. old age days)

   vecuma pensija‎ ― old age pension

   bērni būs viņa atspaids vecumā‎ ― (his) children will be his support in (his) old age

   koki krīt no vecuma‎ ― the trees fall from old age (= because they are very old)

2. age (the time that has passed since a person's birth)

   draugi ir vienā vecumā‎ ― the friends are the same age

   bez vecuma ierobežojuma‎ ― without age limit

   pensijas vecums‎ ― retirement age

   pirmsskolas vecums‎ ― pre-school age (approximately from 3 to 6)

   skolas vecums‎ ― school age (approximately from 7 to 18)

   ģeoloģiskais vecums‎ ― geologic age

   āpši var nodzīvot līdz 15 gadu vecumam‎ ― badgers can live up to the age of 15 years

   mātei malku esmu skaldījis jau no sešu gadu vecuma‎ ― I have been chopping wood for mother from the age of six years

3. age, oldness (deterioration caused by the passage of time)

   viņa melnais svārki no liela vecuma spīdēja‎ ― his black coat gleamed from oldness, being old

Declension

Synonyms

• vecība