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Latvian
Etymology
From lip(t) (“to sick, to adhere”) + -īgs.
Adjective
lipīgs (definite lipīgais, comparative lipīgāks, superlative vislipīgākais, adverb lipīgi)
- (of a substance) sticky, adhesive (such that it adheres to some surface)
- lipīgs šķīdums ― adhesive solution
- lipīgs māls ― sticky clay
- lipīgi sveķi ― sticky resin
- lipīga sula ― sticky juice
- sticky, adhesive (such that it is covered with glue or some other sticky substance)
- lipīgs papīrs ― adhesive paper
- lipīga lenta ― adhesive tape
- lipīgi pirksti ― sticky fingers
- (figuratively) unpleasant, obnoxious
- vīrieši visā vairumā viņai aizvien šķita lipīgi un uzbāzīgi — most of the men seemed to her simply unpleasant and obtrusive
- viņš sacīja ar lipīgu, ļaunu ironiju ― he said with unpleasant, wicked irony
- tie spēlēja lipīgi saldu tango — they played an unpleasantly (lit. sticky) sweet tango
- (medicine, of diseases) contagious, infectious
- vējbakas ir lipīga slimība, ko izraisa vīruss — chickenpox is a contagious disease caused by a virus
- arī tuberkuloze ir lipīga ― also tuberculosis is contagious
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