bālums

From bāl (“pale”) +‎ -ums.

• IPA^(key): [bāːlums]

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bālums m (1st declension)

1. (of people) pallor, paleness (the state of one who is pale)

   sejas bālums ― face pallor, paleness

   ādas bālums ― skin pallor, paleness

   pirmo izbaiļu bālums bija nozudis no vīriešu vaigiem ― the first frightened pallor had disappeared from the men's cheeks

2. paleness (the quality of that which is pale, dim, not bright; a faint, dim light)

   jau logos ausmas pirmais bālums svīst ― already on the windows the first paleness (= dim, faint light) of dawn appears

• balēt, bālēt, balot