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
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
硬