garums

garums

1. plural of garum

• Murgas

From garš (“long”) +‎ -ums.

garums m (1st declension)

1. length (distance from one end to the other)

   ceļa, upes garums ― path, river length

   svārku garums ― skirt length

   auguma garums ― height (lit. height length)

   garuma mērvienības ― unit of length

2. (geography) longitude (distance in degrees between a given place and the prime meridian)

   ģeogrāfiskais garums ― longitude (lit. geographic length)

   austrumu garums ― East longitude

   rietumu garums ― West longitude

3. (of texts, words, etc.) length, size

   romāna garums ― the length of the novel

   vārda garums ― the length of the word

   vēstules garums ― the length of the letter, message

4. (of a time period, e.g., the time taken by a given action or activity) length

   nakts garums ― the length of the night

   sarunas garums ― the length of the conversation

5. (phonetics, phonology) length (longer pronunciation of a vowel or consonant)

   patskaņa garumu apzīmē ar svītru virs attiecīgā burta ― vowel length is marked with a bar above the corresponding letter

6. (instrumental, with viss) maximum length

   izstiept kājas visā garumā ― to stretch out (one's) legs to full (lit. all) length (= as far as possible)

• viļņa garums