Meaning of aklums | Babel Free

Definitions

1. blindness (the lack of vision, of the capacity to see)
   declension-1, masculine
2. blindness (incapacity to understand, o evaluate correctly)
   declension-1, figuratively, masculine

Examples

“iedzimts aklums”

congenital blindness

“draud aklums”

(there is) risk of blindness

“krāsu aklums”

color blindness (i.e., incapacity to differentiate colors)

“vistas aklums”

chicken blindness (i.e., visual impairment that produces reduced vision at dusk or at night)

“sniegas aklums”

snow blindness (i.e., temporary blindness caused by bright sunlight reflected on snow)

“ar savu aklumu Jānītis sen jau apradis, viņš ar spieķīti nekļūdīgi atrod ceļu, apiedams visas grambas un akmeņus”

Jānītis had gotten used to his blindness long ago, he could find the way unmistakably with his stick, bypassing all the ruts and stones

“garīgs aklums”

spiritual blindness

“politisks aklums”

political blindness

“varbūt es redzu visu pārāk tumši, bet no pašpārliecības ir tikai viens solis līdz aklumam”

maybe I see everything too darkly, but self-confidence is only one step away from blindness

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