sīkums

From sīks (“tiny, small, detailed”) +‎ -ums.

sīkums m (1st declension)

1. (chiefly in the plural) trifle(s) (objects of small size, importance, value)

   galantērijas sīkumi ― fancy trifles, fancy stuff

   sīkumu tirgus, sīkumtirgus ― flea market (lit. trifles market)

2. (chiefly in the plural) detail(s) (events, circumstances, etc. without much significance)

   runāt, uztraukties par sīkumiem ― to talk, to worry about (unimportant) details

   atstāstīt, aprēķināt, zināt visus sīkumus ― to tell, to calculate, to know all the details

3. (chiefly in the singular) smallness, pettiness, insignificance

   sēklu sīkums ir orhideju piemērošanās ― the smallness of the seeds is an adaptation of the orchid

   auguma sīkums ― smallness of growth, shortness, small height

   rokraksta sīkums ― the smallness of (one's) handwriting

   problēmu sīkums ― the smallness, pettiness, insignificance of problems

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