pelēcīgs

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Latvian

Etymology

From pelēks (gray) +‎ -īgs (with k > c via palatalization).

Adjective

pelēcīgs (definite pelēcīgais, comparative pelēcīgāks, superlative vispelēcīgākais, adverb pelēcīgi)

  1. with a tone of gray, grayish
    pelecīga krasagrayish color
    pelecīgi matigrayish hair
    pelecīga smiltsgrayish sand
    pelecīga mākoņigrayish clouds
  2. gray, grayish (with dim, grayish light, as when the sky is overcast)
    pelēcīgā diena nāca pret vakarua grayish day came after/replacing the evening
    pelēcīga un vāja rīta gaismagrayish, weak morning light
    pelēcīgs pavasarisgrayish spring (time)
  3. gray, grayish, dull (without bright colors)
    pelēcīga ainavagray, dull landscape
  4. (figuratively) gray, boring, uninteresting (monotonous, colorless, mundane, uninteresting, uneventful)
    pelēcīgs romāns, stilsgray (= dull) romance, style
    pelēcīga sadzīvegray (= dull) social life
    pelēcīga ikdienagray (= dull) everyday (life)
    viņš iesāka stāstīt sparīgāk nekā iepriekš, taču balstiņa bija tikpat pelēcīga un sīka kā tās īpašniekshe began (telling) the story
  5. (of people) unremarkable, dull
    Marija bija pelēcīga un klusa šai vakarāMarija was dull and quiet this evening

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