Meaning of bads | Babel Free
[bats]Definitions
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hunger, starvation, famine (a lack of sufficient food, especially for a long time; the accompanying feeling) declension-1, masculine
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a lack of something perceived as important, essential; dearth, deprivation declension-1, figuratively, masculine
Equivalents
English
Famine
Examples
“mērdēt badā”
to starve (someone), to keep in hunger
“ciest badu”
to starve (lit. to suffer hunger)
“mirt badu, badā”
to die from hunger, in hunger
“novārgt aiz bada”
to perish from hunger
“bada nāve”
death by starvation
“bada cietējs, badacietējs”
hunger-sufferer (= hungry person)
“bada streiks”
hunger strike
“meža zvēriem trūka barības... ceļu malās bieži atrada badā nobeigušos meža dzīvniekus”
the forest animals lacked food... one could often see on the sides of trails forest animals dead from starvation
“pēc kāda laika izcēlās tanī pašā zemē liels bads... rudzu vairs nebija nevienam ne graudiņa”
after some time a great famine broke out in this same land... there was not even a grain of rye left
“skābekļa bads”
oxygen deprivation
“miega bads”
sleep deprivation
“grāmatu bads”
dearth of books
“audi un orgāni cukurslimniekam ir cukura badā”
the tissues and organs of diabetics are deprived of sugar (lit. in sugar deprivation)
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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