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Latvian
Adjective
tuvu
- inflection of tuvs:
- accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
- genitive plural masculine/feminine
Adverb
tuvu
- near, close; adverbial form of tuvs
- aiz loga mežs bija tuvu ― behind the window, the forest was near
- zēns pieskrēja tuvu pie ugunskura ― the boy ran near by the fire
- skatīties tuvu ― to look around nearby (= at nearby things)
- rīts ir tuvu ― the morning is close
- (used prepositionally + dat.) near, close to, next to
- laiva atrodas tuvu krastam ― the book is near the shore
- skola ir tuvu mājām ― the school is near the house
- dzīvot tuvu pilsētai ― to live close to the city
- ārsts apsēdās tuvu slimniekam ― the doctor sat down next to the patient
- (used prepositionally + dat.) near, close to, about to (almost doing something, near the beginning of an action)
- būt tuvu izmisumam ― to be close to despair
- bērns bija tuvu raudām ― the child was close to tears, about to cry
- (used as prepositionally + dat.) about, approximately
- sacensībās dalībnieku bija tuvu simtam ― there were close to, about a hundred participants in the competition
- darbs ilgst tuvu diviem mēnešiem ― the work lasts close to, about nine months
- darbs tika pabeigts tuvu pusdienai ― the work was finished at about noon