sāļums

Latvian

Etymology

From sāļš (salty) +‎ -ums.

Pronunciation

Noun

sāļums m (1st declension)

  1. salinity, saltiness (the quality of that which is salty or contains salt)
    ūdens sāļumswater salinity
    augsnes sāļumssoil salinity
    es gan to gaļu nomērcēju, bet, kad ir stipri sasālīta, nevar dabūt sāļumu nostI (can) season this meat, but, when it is strongly salted, it is not possible to get the saltiness off (of it)

Declension

Declension of sāļums (1st declension)
singular plural
nominative sāļums
genitive sāļuma
dative sāļumam
accusative sāļumu
instrumental sāļumu
locative sāļumā
vocative sāļum