milzīgums
Latvian
Etymology
From milzīgs (“giant, huge, enormous”) + -ums.
Pronunciation
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Noun
milzīgums m (1st declension)
- enormousness, hugeness, greatness (the quality of that which is great, huge, enormous)
- attālumu milzīgums ― the enormousness of the distances
- okeāna milzīgums ― the greatness, enormousness of the ocean
- dzīvnieku bara milzīgums ― the hugeness of a flock of birds
- ražības milzīgums ― productivity greatness
- uzdevumu milzīgums ― the enormousness of the tasks, challenges
- mērķa milzīgums ― the greatness of the goal
- savā milzīgumā kuģi ir viegli un rotaļīgi ― in its (= sea's) enormousness the ships are light and playful
- siltas mītnes vietā nolemts mums / bargs apvāršņu un ilgu milzīgums ― instead of a warm home, we were given / the severe greatness of horizons and (long) time
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | milzīgums | — |
| genitive | milzīguma | — |
| dative | milzīgumam | — |
| accusative | milzīgumu | — |
| instrumental | milzīgumu | — |
| locative | milzīgumā | — |
| vocative | milzīgum | — |