Meaning of spalgums | Babel Free

Definitions

1. shrillness, reediness (the quality of that which is shrill, reedy, sharp, piercing, high-pitched)
   declension-1, masculine
2. acuteness, sharpness
   declension-1, masculine
3. piercing cold
   declension-1, masculine

Equivalents

Examples

“zvana spalgums”

the shrillness of the (door)bell

“balss spalgums”

the shrillness of the voice

“karsta sāpe izplūda audos... augot spalgumā, skaudrumā, asumā”

a hot pain flooded into (his) tissues... growing in acuteness and sharpness

“sals neatvilga, bet vēl pieņēmās spalgumā”

the frost did not weaken, its piercing cold increased (instead)

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