cietums

Latvian

noun
Definitions
  • prison government institution where people are kept before trial, or while serve
  • (figuratively) prison place where freedom of movement is limited, where living conditions are difficult
  • (chiefly) hardness, solidity, thickness the quality of that which is hard, solid
  • hard spot, lump (in the human body)
  • (chiefly singular, of water) hardness the quality of containing salts of calcium or magnesium

Etymology

Suffix from Latvian ciets (hard, solid).

Origin

Latvian

ciets

Gloss

hard, solid

Concept
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Sense perception

Ontological Category

Property

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