Meaning of vecums | Babel Free

Definitions

1. old age (the last phase of life)
   declension-1, masculine
2. age (the time that has passed since a person's birth)
   declension-1, masculine
3. age, oldness (deterioration caused by the passage of time)
   declension-1, masculine

Equivalents

Examples

“vecuma nespēks”

senility (lit. the weakness, feebleness of old age)

“sirms vecums”

ripe (lit. gray) old age

“vecuma dienas, vecumdienas”

old age (lit. old age days)

“vecuma pensija”

old age pension

“bērni būs viņa atspaids vecumā”

(his) children will be his support in (his) old age

“koki krīt no vecuma”

the trees fall from old age (= because they are very old)

“draugi ir vienā vecumā”

the friends are the same age

“bez vecuma ierobežojuma”

without age limit

“pensijas vecums”

retirement age

“pirmsskolas vecums”

pre-school age (approximately from 3 to 6)

“skolas vecums”

school age (approximately from 7 to 18)

“ģeoloģiskais vecums”

geologic age

“āpši var nodzīvot līdz 15 gadu vecumam”

badgers can live up to the age of 15 years

“mātei malku esmu skaldījis jau no sešu gadu vecuma”

I have been chopping wood for mother from the age of six years

“viņa melnais svārki no liela vecuma spīdēja”

his black coat gleamed from oldness, being old

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