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Latvian
Etymology
From an old verb mist “to cease,” previously “to become soft,” with an extra r. The semantic development went from “soft, flexible” (because of humidity) > “humid, wet.” Cognates include Lithuanian mitrùs (“agile, nimble; cunning”) (< “flexible”).
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Adjective
mitrs (definite mitrais, comparative mitrāks, superlative vismitrākais, adverb mitri)
- humid, wet (which has absorbed, contains a little water; which is covered with a little, a thin layer of, water)
- mitras plaukstas ― humid, clammy palms (of the hand)
- mitra lupata ― humid, wet rag
- mitras drēbes ― humid, wet clothes
- mitra zeme ― humid, wet land
- mitrs tvaiks ― humid vapor (containing water droplets)
- mitras rokas ― humid, clammy hands
- mitri mati ― humid, wet hair
- mitras logu rūtis ― humid window panes
- izzuda marta rītu mitrā migla ― the humid March morning fog disappeared
- māte nolieca galvu, un arī viņai acis kļuva mitras ― mother bowed (her) head, and also her eyes became humid (= as if about to cry)
- humid (which contains, is characterized by a relatively large amount of water vapor; such (place, time) that there is much water vapor in the air)
- mitrs vējš, gaiss ― humid wind, air
- mitrs sals ― humid, wet frost
- mitrs klimats, laiks ― humid climate, weather
- mitra vasara ― humid summer
- mitra pļava ― humid meadow
- mitrs dzīvoklis ― humid apartment
- vakaros kļūst mitrs ― in the evenings it gets humid, wet
- diena ir miglaina un mitra; no kokiem pil aukstas lāses ― the day is foggy and humid; cold (water) drops are dripping from the trees
- šādas alas ir mitras, dubļainas ― such caves are humid (and) muddy
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