biezs

From Proto-Baltic *benž-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick, tight”), from *bʰen- (“to hit, to injure”) (with the meaning evolving from “to hit” > “to swell,” “swollen” > “thick”). Cognates include Old Norse bingr (“stack, heap”), Old High German bungo (“ball, tangle”), Hittite (panku-s, “whole, shared, united”), Sanskrit बहु (bahú, “much, many; great”), Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús, “thick, tight”), Latin pīnguis (“fat, thick”) (< *finguis, influenced by *pīmos “fat”).^[1]

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biezs (definite biezais, comparative biezāks, superlative visbiezākais, adverb biezi)

1. thick, dense (made of many component elements, all very close to one another)

   biezs krūmājs ― thick underbrush

   bieza kūla ― thick old grass

   bieza sūna ― thick moss

   biezi mati ― thick hair

   bieza cilvēku drūzma ― thick crowd

   biezs siļķu bars ― thick group, school of herring

2. (of gases, fog, smoke, etc.) thick, dense, concentrated

   biezi tvaika mutuļi ― thick puffs of vapor

   biezā rudens rīta migla ― thick autumn morning mist

   dūmu mutuļi kļuva arvien biezāki un tumšāki ― the puffs of smoke became thicker and darker

3. (of liquids) thick, viscous (flowing slowly, with difficulty)

   biezs medus, krējums ― thick honey, cream

   ūdens ezerā ir melns kā darva un biezs kā auzu ķīselis ― the water in (that) lake is black as tar and thick as oaātmeal jelly

4. (of night, darkness) thick, dark

   vakara krēsla kļuva arvien biezāka ― the twilight became thicker

   tumsa bija tik bieza, ka saredzēt nekā nevarēja ― the darkness was so thick that it was impossible to look around

5. (of leaf-like objects) thick (having a large cross-section)

   bieza siena, grāmata ― thick wall, book

   biezs dēlis, papīrs ― thick board, paper

   biezas lūpas ― thick lips

6. (with indication of thickness) thick

   0,5 milimetri biezs skārds ― 5mm-thick metal sheet

   vairākus metrus bieza smilts u māla kārta ― a many-meter-thick layer of sand and clay

7. (of fabric, knitting, clothes) thick, tight (not thin; also, such that there is little space between the threads)

   bieza jaka ― thick jacket

   biezs audekls ― thick canvas

   viņai bija milzīgi garš, biezs sēru šķidrauts, kas tik pamatīgi aizsedza seju ― she had a very long, thick veil that thoroughly hid her face

• (of "dense", "thick", "with little intermediate space"): blīvs
• (of "thick hair"): ciets
• (of "tight"): ciešs
• (of cylindrical objects): resns

• (antonym(s) of “of "dense", "thick", "with little intermediate space"”): rets, plāns
• (antonym(s) of “of "thick liquid"”): šķidrs, plāns
• (antonym(s) of “of "thick wall, book"”): plāns

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