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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)
- with a tone of gray, grayish
- pelecīga krasa ― grayish color
- pelecīgi mati ― grayish hair
- pelecīga smilts ― grayish sand
- pelecīga mākoņi ― grayish clouds
- gray, grayish (with dim, grayish light, as when the sky is overcast)
- pelēcīgā diena nāca pret vakaru ― a grayish day came after/replacing the evening
- pelēcīga un vāja rīta gaisma ― grayish, weak morning light
- pelēcīgs pavasaris ― grayish spring (time)
- gray, grayish, dull (without bright colors)
- pelēcīga ainava ― gray, dull landscape
- (figuratively) gray, boring, uninteresting (monotonous, colorless, mundane, uninteresting, uneventful)
- pelēcīgs romāns, stils ― gray (= dull) romance, style
- pelēcīga sadzīve ― gray (= dull) social life
- pelēcīga ikdiena ― gray (= dull) everyday (life)
- viņš iesāka stāstīt sparīgāk nekā iepriekš, taču balstiņa bija tikpat pelēcīga un sīka kā tās īpašnieks ― he began (telling) the story
- (of people) unremarkable, dull
- Marija bija pelēcīga un klusa šai vakarā ― Marija was dull and quiet this evening
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