Meaning of dzīsla | Babel Free

Definitions

1. blood vessel (vein, artery)
   declension-4, feminine
2. locative singular of dzīsla
   feminine, form-of, locative, singular
3. leaf vein (part of the leaf vascular system or venation)
   declension-4, feminine
4. vein (a rock-filled crack or fissure on the Earth's crust)
   declension-4, feminine
5. sinew, tendon (fibrous tissue connecting a muscle to its bone)
   declension-4, feminine

Equivalents

Examples

“asinis rit dzīslās”

blood flows in the veins

“mūsu dzīslas ne jau ūdens silts, / karstas asinis ar sirdi runā”

in our blood vessels not cold water, / but hot blood speaks with the heart

“viss augs (driģene) pūkains, vainaglapas ar violetām dzīslām”

the whole plant (henbane) is fluffy, with petals with violet veins

“lāpu krāsa kāpostiem pelēki zaļa... lapām lielas dzīslas”

the color of cabbage leaves (is) grayish-green... the leaves (have) large veins

“dzīslu ieži”

fissure rock (the kind of rock that fills fissures)

“rūdu dzīslas”

ore veins

“Volīnijā pēdējā laikā atrastas pegmatīta dzīslas ar unikāliem vīna dzelteniem topāza kristāliem”

in Volhynia pegmatite veins with unique wine yellow topaz crystals were recently found

“es sastiepu kājas dzīslu”

I sprained (my) leg tendon

“zemnieks brīnīdamies staipīja savus neveiklos, sastrādātos pirkstus, dzīslas džerkstēja ar nepatīkam skaņu”

with wonderment, the peasant stretched his clumsy, overworked fingers, (his) tendons producing an unpleasant noise

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