arums
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Noun
arums
- plural of arum
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French
Noun
arums
- plural of arum
Latvian
Etymology
From ar(t) (“to plow”) + -ums.
Pronunciation
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Noun
arums m (1st declension)
- (chiefly in the singular) plowing, plowed land (the past action or the result of plowing)
- rudens arums ― autumn plowing, plowed area
- sekls arums ― shallow plowing
- pārbaudīt vakardienas arumu ― to check yesterday's plowing
- tēvs noara vagu kā pa diegu, vagu pie vagas; gan es gribēju darīt tāpat, bet mans arums iznāk tādām vien retām, nevienādām vagām ― father plowed furrows as if (following) a thread, furrow next to furrow; I wanted to do the same, but my plowing came out with few, uneven furrows
- (chiefly in the plural) plowed soil, plowed area, tillage; the layer of soil that is overturned by plowing
- staigāt, brist pa arumiem ― to walk, to wade through plowed land
- noecēt arumus ― to harrow the plowed earth
- klons krogā stipri bedrains un nelīdzens, gandrīz kā arumi ― the earthen floor in the tavern was very bumpy, uneven, almost like plowed earth
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | arums | arumi |
| genitive | aruma | arumu |
| dative | arumam | arumiem |
| accusative | arumu | arumus |
| instrumental | arumu | arumiem |
| locative | arumā | arumos |
| vocative | arum | arumi |