Meaning of grūtums | Babel Free

Definitions

1. difficulty, toughness (the quality of that which is difficult, hard, tough)
   declension-1, masculine, singular
2. difficulty, hardship (difficult events or circumstances)
   declension-1, masculine, plural, singular
3. difficulty (difficult experience, difficult feelings)
   declension-1, masculine, plural, singular
4. difficulty (physical suffering or pain, sickness, disease)
   declension-1, masculine, plural, singular

Examples

“darba, uzdevuma grūtums”

the difficulty of the work, of the task

“ceļa grūtums”

the difficulty, arduousness of the trip

“dzimtļaužu dzīves grūtums”

the difficulty, toughness of a serf's life

“ir tādi slimnieki, kurus ārsts nevar aizmirst un kuru likteņa grūtumu viņš kā smagu nastu nes visu savu mūžu”

there are such patients whom doctors cannot forget, who carry the difficulty of their fate as a heavy burden during their entire lives

“nu manis pēc, katrai dzīvei savi grūtumi”

now, in my opinion, every life has its dificulties

“vēl tagad man Andra tēva sirds jāapbrīno, kas par tik daudz grūtumu pasaulē nemaz nesūdzējās, bet visu to nesa ar pacietību”

even now I have to admire Andris' father's heart, who, despite so many hardships in the world, does not complain, but carries (= accepts) everything with patience

“ar pāris vārdiem kā ar roku noņemt visu grūtumu”

to remove all difficulty, hard feelings with a few words as if with one's hand

“mātes smagās nopūtās izsacīja visu to pārmēra grūtumu, ko meita bija uzlikusi viņas sirdij”

the mother's heavy sights expressed all the excessive difficulties, hardships that her daughter had imposed on her (= mother's) heart

“viņš saaukstējās un dabūja tādus grūtumus, ka bija jāliekas gultā”

he caught a cold and got so many difficulties that he had to stay in bed

CEFR level