negludums

From negluds (“rough, unpolished”) +‎ -ums (with negluds from ne- +‎ gluds (“smooth”)).

negludums m (1st declension)

1. (usually in the singular) roughness (the quality of that which is rough, not smooth)

   ceļa negludums ― the roughness of the road

   finiera plāksnes negludums ― the roughness of the veneer plate

2. rough, unpolished spot, imperfection (on something; metaphorically, also in a written text, in language, style, etc.)

   dēļa negludumi ― the rough spots of the board

   zem riteņiem tieši pagadījās negludums, mašīna palēcās un arī pasažierus pameta uz augšu ― right under the wheels there happened to be a rough spot, the car jumped and threw the passengers up

   viņš man parāda vairākus trūkumus manuskriptā, paskaidro sintakses negludumus ― he showed me more defects in the manuscript, he explained the rough spots, mistakes of syntax

3. (usually plural; of life, work, etc.) difficulties, hardships, problems, failures

   sadzīves negludumi ― the difficulties of living together

• asums
• raupjums
• rupjums, rupjība
• skarbums

• gludums
• maigums
• mīkstums