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Latvian
Etymology
From rasa (“dew”) + -ains.
Adjective
rasains (definite rasainais, comparative rasaināks, superlative visrasainākais, adverb rasaini)
- dewy (covered with dew)
- rasaini ziedi, koku zari ― dewy flowers, tree branches
- rasains mežs ― dewy forest
- rasainā zāle glāstīja basās kājas — the dewy leaf carressed the bare feet
- (of time periods, of weather) dewy (when there is dew)
- rasains saullēkts ― dewy sunrise
- bagātīgi rasains rīts ― richly dewy morning
- (figuratively) moist, wet (covered with tiny liquid drops, e.g., of water, sweat, tears, etc.)
- groži atkal noplīkšēja uz rasainajām zirgu mugurām ― (he) again cracked the reins on the horse's sweaty (lit. dewy) back
- automobiļa logu tīrītāji dedzīgi vēcinājas pa rasainajiem priekšlogiem ― the car's wipers flapped fiercely on the wet (lit. dewy) windshield
Declension