Meaning of mazums | Babel Free

Definitions

1. smallness, littleness (the quality of that which is small, little)
   declension-1, masculine
2. small number, volume, mass
   declension-1, masculine
3. a little
   adverbial, declension-1, masculine

Examples

“lielums un mazums”

greatness and smallness

“ir brīži, sirds lielumu meklē; ir brīži, no mazuma”

there are moments when the heart searches for greatness; there are (also) moments from smallness

“iet mazumā”

to decrease, to diminish (lit. to go into smallness)

“ko nu viņš tur noķer, bet tāpat kādu mazumu”

but what did he catch, if not only very little

“vai mazums locījies es sirdsapziņas mokās”

did I twist a little in the agony of my conscience (= remorse)?

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