biklums

Latvian

Etymology

From bikls (“shy, timid”) +‎ -ums.

Pronunciation
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Noun

biklums f (4th declension)

  1. shyness, timidity (the state or quality of one who is shy, timid, insecure)
    meitenes biklums ― the girl's timidity
    stirnas biklums ― the doe's timidity
    pagāja mēneši, līdz zēns atbrīvojās no sākotnējā bikluma ― months went by until the boy freed himself from (his) initial shyness

Declension
Declension of biklums (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) biklums —
accusative (akuzatīvs) biklumu —
genitive (ģenitīvs) bikluma —
dative (datīvs) biklumam —
instrumental (instrumentālis) biklumu —
locative (lokatīvs) biklumā —
vocative (vokatīvs) biklums —

Synonyms
  • biklība
  • kautrība, kautrīgums, kautrums

Antonyms
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