mēsli
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Mēsli
Latvian
Etymology
From mēzt (“to remove with shovel, to clean with shovel”). Cognates include Lithuanian mė́šlas, plural mėšlaĩ.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
mēsli m (1st declension)
- dung, manure, animal excrement
- mēslu dakšas ― manure forks
- mēslu rati ― manure carts
- mēslu krātuve ― manure storage place
- mēslu sūknis ― manure pump
- mēslu kaudze ― dunghill
- ārdīt mēslus ― to ted manure
- kraut mēslus vezumā ― to load manure in a wagon
- vest mēslus uz tīrumu ― to take manure to the field
- fertilizer
- mākslīgie mēsli, minerālmēsli ― (artificial) fertilizer
- organiskie mēsli ― organic manure
- jūras mēsli ― sea manure (sea algae used as fertilizer)
- dirt, waste
- mēslu bedre ― waste, garbage pit
Declension
Declension of mēsli (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | — | mēsli |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | — | mēslus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | — | mēslu |
| dative (datīvs) | — | mēsliem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | — | mēsliem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | — | mēslos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | mēsli |
Derived terms
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “mēsli”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN