bagāts

A pre-13th-century borrowing from Old East Slavic богатыи (bogatyi) (cf. Russian бога́тый (bogátyj, “rich”)) or from Belarusian бага́ты (baháty, “rich”), both from the same stem as Old Church Slavonic богъ (bogŭ, “happiness; abundance, riches; god”), whence also its opposite nabags (“poor”) (q.v.).^[1] Compare Lithuanian bagótas (“rich”), also a Slavic borrowing.

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bagāts (definite bagātais, comparative bagātāks, superlative visbagātākais, adverb bagāti)

1. rich, wealthy (having a lot of money; having many valuable possessions)

   bagāts cilvēks ― rich person

   bagāta valsts ― rich country

   bagāts saimnieks, fabrikants ― rich landowner, industrialist

2. rich, expensive, luxurious (made with very valuable material, components; containing something valuable)

   bagāts pusdienu galds ― rich dinner table

   bagāts pūrs ― rich dowry

   bagāts nams ― rich house (where rich people live)

3. rich (having a large amount of something; having many valuable parts)

   zivīm bagāta upe ― a river rich in fish

   ar mežiem bagāts apvidus ― an area rich in forests

   Čiaturas mangāna atradnes ir vienas no bagātākajām pasaulē ― the Čiatura manganese deposits are one of the richest in the world

4. rich (large in number or size)

   bagāts loms ― a rich catch

   bagāta raža ― a rich harvest

5. (of time periods) rich, productive, generous

   bagāts gads, rudens ― a rich year, autumn

   bagāts mūžs ― a rich life

   tās bija siltas, saulainas un augļu bagātas dienas ― those were warm, sunny and fruit-rich days

6. rich, varied (in form, in nuances, in elements)

   bagāta valoda ― a rich language

   bagāta dzeja ― rich poetry

   bagāta fantāzija ― rich fantasy

   mākslinieks ar bagātu iztēli ― artist with a rich imagination

   bagāta grāmatu kolekcija ― rich collection of books

   bagāta augu valsts ― rich plant kingdom (= vegetation)

   bagāta fauna ― rich fauna

7. rich (having excellent skills, knowledge, qualities, potential, contributions)

   pieredzes bagāts biškopis ― a beekeeper rich in experience

   nopelniem bagāts zinātnieks ― a scientist, scholar rich in merits

   palīdzot bērniem apgūt zināšanas, mēs dažreiz arī paši kļūstam bagātāki ― helping children obtain knowledge, we sometimes also become richer

8. (of the mind, the psyche, the spirit) rich, sensitive, deep

   bagāta dvēsele ― a rich soul

• (of "rich", "wealthy"): turīgs, mantīgs
• (of "expensive", "luxurious"): dārgs, vērtīgs, grezns, krāšņs
• (of "productive", "generous"): ražens, ražīgs, rasmīgs
• (of "varied"): daudzveidīgs, daudzpusīgs, vispusīgs, bagātīgs, plašs
• (of "sensitive", "deep"): iejūtīgs, dziļš

• mazturīgs
• nabags, nabadzīgs
• nemantīgs
• trūcīgs

• bagātība
• bagātīgs
• bagātināt, bagātināties
• bagātnieks, bagātniece