skaistums
Latvian
Etymology
From skaists (“beautiful”) + -ums.
Noun
skaistums m (1st declension)
- beauty (the quality of that which is beautiful, which corresponds to aesthetic ideals)
- sieviešu skaistums ― the beauty of women
- zirga skaistums ― the beauty of a horse
- mūzikas, dzejas skaistums ― the beauty of music, of poetry
- jūtu, atmiņu skaistums ― the beauty of feelings, of memories
- skaistuma karaliene ― beauty queen (the winner of a beauty contest)
- skaistuma kārpiņa ― beauty mark (e.g., on the face)
- skaistuma salons ― beauty parlor
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | skaistums | — |
| genitive | skaistuma | — |
| dative | skaistumam | — |
| accusative | skaistumu | — |
| instrumental | skaistumu | — |
| locative | skaistumā | — |
| vocative | skaistum | — |