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Meaning of smagums | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. weight, heaviness; gravity
    declension-1, masculine
  2. heaviness, weight (the quality of that which is heavy)
    declension-1, masculine
  3. heavy object
    also, declension-1, masculine, plural
  4. heaviness, thickness, denseness
    declension-1, masculine
  5. heaviness, weight, difficulty, hardship
    declension-1, masculine
  6. difficulty, heaviness, severity, oppressiveness
    declension-1, masculine
  7. heaviness, difficulty, lack of sociability
    declension-1, masculine
  8. severity, seriousness
    declension-1, masculine
  9. heaviness, heavy, uncomfortable feeling
    declension-1, masculine
  10. heaviness, slowness, lack of agility or grace
    declension-1, masculine
  11. low pitch, hollowness
    declension-1, masculine

Examples

“smaguma spēks”

gravity (lit. weight force)

“smaguma centrs”

center of gravity (lit. center of weight)

“satverot kādu priekšmetu rokās, tā smaguma spēku novērtējam kā priekšmeta svaru”

holding an object in our hands, we observe the force of its heavines (= gravitational pull) as the object's weight

“liels kravas smagums”

heavy load (lit. large weight load)

“zem viņa smaguma nočīkst krēsls”

the chair squeaked under his heaviness, weight

“nogurums gulēja kaulos svina smagumā”

the tiredness lay on (his) bones in (= with) the heaviness of lead

“māte ar to reimatismu... aust vai adīt, to gan, bet pa lauka daudz nevar un smagumus nest jau nepavisam”

mother and her rheumatism... weaving or knitting, that's OK, but she cannot (go) outside very much and carry heavy objects not at all

“kad smagums satverts, tas jāceļ lēni, muguru turot taisni”

when (one) lifts a heavy object, (one) must lift it slowly, keeping (one's) back straight

“tveicīgs smagums purvā nomāca prātu, smacēja krūtis”

the sultry heaviness (= heavy air) in the swamp stops the mind (and) suffocates the chest

“ceļojuma smagums”

the difficulty of the trip

“dzīves smagums”

the hardship(s) of life

“atbildības smagums”

the heaviness, hardship, difficulty of responsibility

“darba smagums viņš vēl nebija jutis... bet jau pirmajā dienā Jēkabs manīja, ka mazā puiša dienas nav vieglas”

the difficulty, heaviness of the work he hadn't felt yet... but already on the irst day Jēkabs noticed that a little boy's day is not easy

“varbūt viņam aizmigt neļāva neatmaksātā parāda smagums?”

maybe (it was) the heaviness, weight of the debts (that) did not let him fall asleep?

“Andris pēkšņi sajuta vientulības smagumu”

Andris suddenly felt the weight, heaviness of solitude

“sirds pēc visiem notikumiem šķita smaga, kā ar svinu pielieta”

(his) heart, after all those events, felt heavy, as if sealed in lead

“aiz valdonīgas ārienes Jāzeps slēpa mokošu dvēseles smagumu”

behind (his) domineering exterior, Jāzeps hid the heaviness of a tortured soul

“rakstura smagums”

heaviness of character (of someone who is difficult to approach)

“nozieguma smagums”

the severity, seriousness of the crime

“varbūt Andrejs kaunējās ieraudzīt visu padarītā grēka smagumu?”

maybe Andrejs was ashamed to see the full seriousness of the sin he committed?

“šoka smaguma pakāpe”

the degree of seriousness of the shock

“neatkarīgi no slimības smaguma gripas slimnieks ir bīstams apkārtējiem”

independently of the severity of the disease, an influenza patient is dangerous to other people

“noguruma smagums”

the heaviness of fatigue

“viņi abi ieēda vakariņas, un zēns tūliņ sajuta svina smagumu locekļos; viņš aizmiga turpat pie galda”

they both ate dinner, and the boy immediately felt a heaviness like lead in his limbs; he fell asleep right there at the table

“gaitas smagums”

heaviness of pace, walking

“soļu smagums”

the heaviness of (someone's) steps

“trio mūzikā vairāk smaguma, tā šķiet it kā zemes spēku piesūkusies”

in the trio's music (there was) more heaviness, it sounded as if it had become soaked with the forces of the earth

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
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