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Latvian
Etymology
From trūk(t) (“to lack”) + -īgs, with palatalization of k to c.
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Adjective
trūcīgs (definite trūcīgais, comparative trūcīgāks, superlative vistrūcīgākais, adverb trūcīgi)
- poor (lacking or having very little of the necessary means of subsistence)
- trūcīga ģimene ― poor family
- trūcīgs pensionārs ― poor retired man
- trūcīgu vecāku bērns ― a child of poor parents
- trūcīga saimniecība ― poor farm
- poor (having poor inhabitants, lacking the necessary means for their subsistence)
- trūcīgs ciemats ― poor village
- visa Latvija kļūst aizvien trūcīgāka ― the whole Latvija is becoming increasingly poorer
- poor, insufficient, scarce (lacking important components in its preparation; not available in sufficient quantity)
- trūcīga barība ― poor, scarce food
- trūcīgas vakariņas ― poor, scarce dinner
- trūcīgi resursi ― poor resources
- pārtika kļuva arvien trūcīgāka; māte lasīja zupai skābenes un balandas... ― the food became increasingly scarcer; mother gathered sorrel and goosefoot for the soup...
- pārsteidzoši vienkārša, pat trūcīga, salīdzinājumā ar pārējām telpām, ir dzejnieka darba istaba ― surprisingly simple, even poor in comparison with the other rooms, is the poet's study (lit. work room)
- veikals toreiz bija trūcīgs un mazs kā mani iekrājumi ― the store that time was poor and small like my savings
- (of time periods) poor (characterized by poverty)
- trūcīga bērnība ― poor childhood
- Muraška atcērējās trūcīgos studiju gadus ― Muraška remembered the poor study years
- trūcīga un skumja viņiem ši svētdiena; nevienam nav naudas ― poor and sad to them (was) this Sunday; nobody had money
- poor, scarce (present in small, insufficient amounts; having small, insufficient amounts of something important or necessary)
- trūcīga augu valsts ― scarce vegetal kingdom, scarce vegetation
- trūcīgas zināšanas ― poor, scarce knowledge
- trūcīgi arhīvu materiāli ― poor, scarce archive materials
- trūcīgs vārdu krājums ― poor vocabulary
- trūcīgs inventārs ― poor inventory (= scarce supplies)
- trūcīga fantāzija ― poor fantasy, imagination
- pirmais loms bija gaužām trūcīgs: nepilns centners reņģu ― the first catch was pitifully poor: less than a hundredweight of herring
- trūcīgajā luktura gaismā seju lāgā nevarēja saskatīt ― in the poor lamp light (one) could almost not see (his) face
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