Frommīksts(“soft”) +‎-ums.

mīkstums m (1st declension)

1. softness(thequality of that which issoft)

   mālumīkstums ―thesoftness of clay

   matumīkstums ―thesoftness of hair

   raksturamīkstums ―softness of character

   ūdensmīkstums ―watersoftness

   viņa iegrimst sēdekļamīkstums līdz ausīm ―she was absorbed into thesoftness of the seat to (her) ears

2. softpart (of something)

   maizesmīkstums ―soft part of bread (under the crust)

   zobamīkstums ―soft part of teeth, dental pulp

   atdalīt plūmes kauliņu nomīkstuma ―to separate plum seed(s) from thepulp

   sagriezt gaļasmīkstumu šķēlēs ―to cut thesoft meat into slices

   (colloquial)dabūt pamīkstumiem — to get on thesoft parts (of one's bodies, i.e., to get a beating)

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