purvājs
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Latvian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
purvājs m (1st declension)
- swamp, swampy place or territory, marshland
- ciņains purvājs ― moundy marshland
- purvājā aug dzērvenes ― cranberries grow in the marshland
- rakt ģrāvi purvājā ― to dig a ditch in the swamp land
- plašais līdzenums vēl aizpērn bija ar sīkiem krūmiem apaudzis, necaurbrienams purvājs ― the year before last, the wide plain was still covered with small bushes, (now this) unsurmountable marshland
- (figuratively) swamp (hard, difficult circumstances)
- dzīves purvājs ― a life swamp (= difficult circumstances)
- a type of pine forest that grows on wet peat soil
- purvājā pameža nav ― there is no undergrowth in peat pine forests
Declension
Declension of purvājs (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | purvājs | purvāji |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | purvāju | purvājus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | purvāja | purvāju |
| dative (datīvs) | purvājam | purvājiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | purvāju | purvājiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | purvājā | purvājos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | purvāj | purvāji |