balsīgums
Latvian
Etymology
From balsīgs (“voiced”) + -ums (with balsīgs from balss (“voice”) + -īgs).
Pronunciation
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Noun
balsīgums m (1st declension)
- (phonetics, phonology) voice (the quality of that which is voiced, which is pronounced with simultaneous vibrations of the vocal cords)
- skaņas balsīgums ― the voice (= voicedness) of a sound
- plūdeņi un nāseņi vārdu beigās zaudē savu balsīgumu ― liquids and nasals lose their voice (= become voiceless) word-finally
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | balsīgums | — |
| genitive | balsīguma | — |
| dative | balsīgumam | — |
| accusative | balsīgumu | — |
| instrumental | balsīgumu | — |
| locative | balsīgumā | — |
| vocative | balsīgum | — |