augsne

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See also: augsnē

Latvian

 augsne on Latvian Wikipedia
Smilšaina augsne
Mālaina augsne

Etymology

Coined in the 1920s from aug(t) (to grow) +‎ -sne, it replaced in the sense of "soil" the previously used word augtene, which survived with a more restricted usage (as "place of planting").

Pronunciation

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Noun

augsne f (5th declension)

  1. soil, earth (upper layer of the ground, transformed under the influence of plants, animals, and the weather, where plants are sown to grow)
    smilšaina, mālaina augsnesandy, clay soil
    kūdras augsnepeat soil
    velēnu augsnesod soil
    irdena augsnefriable soil
    blīva augsnedense, thick soil, earth
    apstrādāt augsnito treat the soil
    augsnes auglībasoil fertility
    augsnes dezinfekcijasoil desinfection
    augsnes erozijasoil erosion
    augsnes kaļķošanasoil liming
    iestrādāt mēslojumu augsnēto work fertilizer into the soil
    augnes virskārta, apakškārtatopsoil, subsoil
    augsnes tipi, veidisoil types
    lupīnas audzē neauglīgās, smilšainās augsnēsone grows lupins in arid, sandy soils
  2. (figuratively) soil (prerequisites or favorable conditions for the development of something)
    literatūrai nepieciešama sava dabiska attīstība, vide un augsne, kur iespējams rasties liela vēriena darbiemliterature needs its own development, an environment and a soil where large-scope works can arise

Declension

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “augt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN