tievums

Latvian

Etymology

From tievs (“thin, slender”) +‎ -ums.

Noun

tievums m (1st declension)

  1. thinness (the quality of that which is thin)
    dzīpara tievums ― worsted (yarn) thinness
    stieples tievums ― wire thinness
    kārts tievums ― card thinness
    māte nobrīnījās par manu bālumu un tievumu ― (my) mother wondered about my paleness and thinness

Declension

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