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Latvian
Etymology
From leja (“lower part”) + -up.
Pronunciation
Adverb
lejup
- down, downward
- skatīties lejup ― to look down
- putns laižas lejup ― the bird flies down
- smidzināja lietus, un sīkas ūdens straumītes tecēja pa rūtīm lejup ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- viņi iet lejup uz upi pa mazu ieliņu ― they went down by a small street to the river
- (of rivers) down, downstream (toward the mouth, the estuary)
- laiva slīdēja pa straumi lēni lejup ― the boat glided slowly down the stream
- nekāda veida zvejošana Daugavā nebūs atļauta astoņus kilometrus lejup no spēkstacijas ēkas ― no kind of fishing in the Daugava (River) will be allowed eight kilometers downstream from the power plant building
- (of objects in the sky) down, downward (toward the horizon)
- saule neapturami slīdēja lejup un nelokāmi bija nolēmusi iet gulēt ― the sun slid unstoppably down and firmly decided to go to sleep
- (figuratively) down, downward (becoming worse, regressing, being worth less)
- es esmu pret karu, kas dzīvi rauj lejup ― I am against war, which pulls life down
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