purvains
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Latvian
Etymology
From purvs (“swamp, bog, mire”) + -ains.
Pronunciation
Adjective
purvains (definite purvainais, comparative purvaināks, superlative vispurvainākais, adverb purvaini)
- swampy, boggy, marshy, miry (characterized by swampy land)
- purvainās augsnes ― swampy soil
- purvains apgabals ― marshy area
- pļavas bija ļoti purvainas, jo pavasaros tās appludināja Babītes ezera ūdeņi ― the meadows were very swampy, because they flooded by the water of lake Babīte
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of purvains
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | purvains | purvaini | purvaina | purvainas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | purvainu | purvainus | purvainu | purvainas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | purvaina | purvainu | purvainas | purvainu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | purvainam | purvainiem | purvainai | purvainām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | purvainu | purvainiem | purvainu | purvainām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | purvainā | purvainos | purvainā | purvainās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||