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Meaning of ērkšķains | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. thorny, having thorns
  2. painful; very difficult; involving painful losses
    figuratively

Equivalents

العربية شائك
Български бодлив тежък труден
Cymraeg dreiniog pigog
Ελληνικά αγκαθερός
English Thorny
Esperanto dorna
Français épineux
Gaeilge deilgneach
हिन्दी कँटीला
Հայերեն փշոտ
Íslenska þyrnóttur
Italiano spinoso
Македонски боцкав мачен трнлив
Português espinhento espinhoso
Tagalog matinik
Türkçe Dikenli

Examples

“kails, ērkšķains krūms”

a naked, thorny bush

“ērkšķains augs, zariņš”

thorny plant, twig

“ērkšķaini vārdi”

thorny, painful words

“tepat viņš bija, nodzīvojis sūru, ērkšķainu mūžu”

there he was, having lived a difficult, thorny life

“grūts un ērkšķains revolucionārā cīnītāja ceļš”

the difficult and thorny path of the revolutionary fighter

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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