noslēpums

Latvian

From nosplēp(t) (“to hide, to keep secret”) +‎ -ums (with noslēpt from no- +‎ slēpt (“to hide”)).

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noslēpums m (1st declension)

secret (information which is not to be disclosed to others)
valsts noslēpums ― state secret

kara noslēpums ― war secret

dienesta noslēpums ― professional secret

glabāt noslēpumu ― to keep a secret

turēt noslēpumā ― to keep (something) a secret

izpaust noslēpumu ― to reveal, to disclose a secret

atklāt draugam noslēpumu ― to reveal a secret to a friend

no dieva puses, nestāstiet nevienam, tas ir liels noslēpums ― for god's sake, don't tell anyone, this is a big secret

Zanda... tu esi mana sieva, nekādu noslēpumu starp mums nedrīkst būt ― Zanda... you are my wife, there should be no secrets between us
secret, mystery (something that is not known, that has not been investigated or researched)
darbs - liela mūža noslepums ― work (is) the secret of a big (= long) life

kolosālie zinātnes sasniegumi matērijas dziļāko noslēpumu atklāšanā ― colossal scientific achievements in the discovery of the deepest secrets of matter

Declension of noslēpums (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	noslēpums	noslēpumi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	noslēpumu	noslēpumus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	noslēpuma	noslēpumu
dative (datīvs)	noslēpumam	noslēpumiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	noslēpumu	noslēpumiem
locative (lokatīvs)	noslēpumā	noslēpumos
vocative (vokatīvs)	noslēpum	noslēpumi