mitrums
Latvian
Etymology
From mitrs (“humid, wet”) + -ums.
Pronunciation
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Noun
mitrums m (1st declension)
- humidity (the amount of moisture (water or vapor) in some medium)
- gaisa mitrums ― air humidity
- augsnes mitrums ― soil humidity
- telpas mitrums ― room humidity
- dabiskais mitrums ― natural humidity
- nekaitīgais mitrums ― harmless humidity
- mitruma avots ― a source of humidity
- mitruma mērītājs ― humidity meter
- absolūtais mitrums ― absolute humidity (in gr/m³)
- relatīvais mitrums ― relative humidity (% of saturation pressure)
- zemes ražība ir atkarīga no mitruma pakāpes ― land productivity is dependant on the degree of (soil) humidity
- liquid, moisture (usually a small amount)
- priekšnamā abi atģērbjas, purinādami no virsdrēbēm lietus mitrumu ― in the hall, both people undressed, shaking from their (street) clothes the humidity, moisture of the rain
- mani ceļi kļūst slapji; pie pleciem sāk nākt mitrums ― my knees are becoming wet; on my shoulders some humidity, moisture, liquid begins to run
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mitrums | — |
| genitive | mitruma | — |
| dative | mitrumam | — |
| accusative | mitrumu | — |
| instrumental | mitrumu | — |
| locative | mitrumā | — |
| vocative | mitrum | — |