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Meaning of seklums | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. shallowness, shallow place (in a river, lake, etc.)
    declension-1, masculine
  2. shallowness (quality of not involving much air)
    declension-1, masculine
  3. shallowness (the quality of being without deeper content, feelings, of missing the essence of something)
    declension-1, masculine

Equivalents

Examples

“upes seklums”

a river's shallowness, shallow place

“dīķa seklums”

a pond's shallowness, shallow place

“piekrastes seklums”

coastal shallowness, shallow place

“sekluma vilnis”

shallow wave (= one coming from a shallow place)

“viņa panāca vairāk seklumā, kur rokām varēja aiztikt dibenu”

she came over to the shallow place, where she could touch the bottom with her hands

“ieelpas seklums”

shallowness of breath

“interešu seklums”

shallowness of interests

“dzīves apnikums un seklums”

life's tedium and shallowness

“viņa bija laipna tik ilgi, kamēr attiecības palika paviršas pazīšanās seklumā”

she was kind, as long as the relationship remained superficial, in the shallowness of familiarity

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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