"svešums" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Latvian]

Etymology: From svešs (“unknown, foreign, strange”) + -ums. Etymology templates: {{suffix|lv|svešs|ums|gloss1=unknown, foreign, strange}} svešs (“unknown, foreign, strange”) + -ums Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} svešums m, {{lv-noun|m|1st}} svešums m (1st declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|svešum|s|1st|no-pl|extrawidth=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-1|svešum|s|4=no-pl|5=|6=|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|svešums|-|svešumu|-|svešuma|-|svešumam|-|svešumu|-|svešumā|-|svešum|-|type=1st declension|x=-60}} Forms: declension-1 [table-tags], svešums [nominative, singular], - [nominative, plural], svešumu [accusative, singular], - [accusative, plural], svešuma [genitive, singular], - [genitive, plural], svešumam [dative, singular], - [dative, plural], svešumu [instrumental, singular], - [instrumental, plural], svešumā [locative, singular], - [locative, plural], svešum [singular, vocative], - [plural, vocative]
  1. foreign land, country (a land or country other than one's homeland) Tags: declension-1, masculine Synonyms (of "foreign land"): svešatne
    Sense id: en-svešums-lv-noun-w0K3JQLy Disambiguation of 'of "foreign land"': 81 19
  2. strangeness, foreignness, distance (the quality of that which is strange, foreign, distant) Tags: declension-1, masculine
    Sense id: en-svešums-lv-noun-fD9SnGUd Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian terms suffixed with -ums Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of Latvian terms suffixed with -ums: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: svešatne, svešs, svešāds, svešinieks, svešiniece

Inflected forms

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        {
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