lielainums
Latvian
Etymology
From lielains (“having growth on side”) + -ums (with lielains from liels (“big, large”) + -ains).
Noun
lielainums m (1st declension)
- an annual hard widening or growth on a tree (especially conifer) trunk on one side (e.g., on spruces)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lielainums | lielainumi |
| genitive | lielainuma | lielainumu |
| dative | lielainumam | lielainumiem |
| accusative | lielainumu | lielainumus |
| instrumental | lielainumu | lielainumiem |
| locative | lielainumā | lielainumos |
| vocative | lielainum | lielainumi |
Synonyms
- (annual widening): liels