arums

English

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Noun

arums

1. plural of arum

Anagrams

• Masur, Sarum, Surma, Umars, amurs, musar, ramus, rusma, surma

French

Noun

arums

1. plural of arum

Latvian

Arums

Etymology

From ar(t) (“to plow”) +‎ -ums.

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Noun

arums m (1st declension)

1. (chiefly in the singular) plowing, plowed land (the past action or the result of plowing)

   rudens arums ― autumn plowing, plowed area

   sekls arums ― shallow plowing

   pārbaudīt vakardienas arumu ― to check yesterday's plowing

   tēvs noara vagu kā pa diegu, vagu pie vagas; gan es gribēju darīt tāpat, bet mans arums iznāk tādām vien retām, nevienādām vagām ― father plowed furrows as if (following) a thread, furrow next to furrow; I wanted to do the same, but my plowing came out with few, uneven furrows

2. (chiefly in the plural) plowed soil, plowed area, tillage; the layer of soil that is overturned by plowing

   staigāt, brist pa arumiem ― to walk, to wade through plowed land

   noecēt arumus ― to harrow the plowed earth

   klons krogā stipri bedrains un nelīdzens, gandrīz kā arumi ― the earthen floor in the tavern was very bumpy, uneven, almost like plowed earth

Declension

Declension of arums (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	arums	arumi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	arumu	arumus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	aruma	arumu
dative (datīvs)	arumam	arumiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	arumu	arumiem
locative (lokatīvs)	arumā	arumos
vocative (vokatīvs)	arum	arumi

Related terms

• arājs, arējs