Meaning of duša | Babel Free

Definitions

1. locative singular of dusa
   feminine, form-of, locative, singular
2. sleep (the act of sleeping)
   declension-4, feminine, poetic
3. shower
   declension-4, feminine
4. rest, piece
   declension-4, feminine, poetic
5. death
   declension-4, feminine, figuratively, poetic

Equivalents

Examples

“saldu dusu!”

sleep well! (lit. sweet sleep)

“ar gaiļa dziesmu piecēlos no dusas”

with the cock's song (= at cockcrow) I woke up from sleep

“jutos gurdens un gāju taisni klētiņā uz dusu”

I felt weary and went directly to the little barn to sleep

“mūsu paaudze dusas nezināja”

our generation knew no rest

“lieli tauriņi, kā dusas meklēdami, laižas pa stiebriem un grīšļiem”

large butterflies, as if looking for rest, fly through grass stalks and sedge leaves

“mūža dusa”

eternal sleep (= death)

“no beigu dusas nevar modināt!”

(one) cannot wake up (someone) from the final sleep (= death)

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