nazālums
Latvian
Etymology
From nazāls (“nasal”) + -ums.
Pronunciation
Noun
nazālums m (1st declension)
- (phonetics, phonology) nasality, nasalness (the quality of that which is nasal, which is accompanied by simultaneous airflow through the nose)
- balss nazālums ― the nasality of a voice
- patskaņa nazālums ― the nasality of a vowel
- slēdzeņa ŋ artikulācija vietas ziņā ir līdzīga līdzskaņu k, g artikulācijai, atšķirdamas tikai ar nazālumu ― with respect to the place of articulation, the occlusive ŋ is similar to the articulation of the consonants k, g, differing (from them) only with (= by, because of) nasalization
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | nazālums | — |
| genitive | nazāluma | — |
| dative | nazālumam | — |
| accusative | nazālumu | — |
| instrumental | nazālumu | — |
| locative | nazālumā | — |
| vocative | nazālum | — |