purvainums
Latvian
Etymology
From purvains (“swampy, marshy, boggy, miry”) + -ums, with purvains from purvs (“swamp, marsh, bog, mire”) + -ains.
Pronunciation
Noun
purvainums m (1st declension)
- swampiness, marshiness, bogginess, miriness (the state or quality of that which is swampy, marshy, boggy, miry)
- pļavas purvainums ― the swampiness of the meadow
- meža purvainums ― the swampiness, marshiness of the forest
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | purvainums | — |
| genitive | purvainuma | — |
| dative | purvainumam | — |
| accusative | purvainumu | — |
| instrumental | purvainumu | — |
| locative | purvainumā | — |
| vocative | purvainum | — |