Meaning of melnums | Babel Free

Definitions

1. blackness (the quality of that which is black)
   declension-1, masculine, singular
2. something black
   declension-1, masculine
3. dirt, dirt spot(s)
   declension-1, in-plural, masculine
4. improper conduct, behavior; reprehensible, shameful fact, circumstance
   declension-1, masculine

Equivalents

Examples

“drāna piķa, darvas, ogļu melnumā”

cloth as black as pitch, tar, coal

“nakts melnums”

the blackness of night

“tālumā redzams kaut kāds melnums”

something black was visible in the distance

“melnumi sagājuši aiz nagiem”

dirt collected under the nails

“bez ziepēm veļai neiet ārā melnumi”

without soap the laundry dirt does not go out (= wash off)

“krekli jāmazgā vai ik pārnedēļas, jo citādi melnumi tā ieēdas, ka nevar ne izberzt”

shirts must be washed every two weeks, or else other (kinds of) dirt eat themselves in so much that they cannot be scrubbed out

“pat gribēdams Skaidrītes darbā melnumu neatradīsi”

even wanting to, you will not find anything reprehensible in Skaidrīte's work

CEFR level