Meaning of jēdzīgs | Babel Free

Definitions

1. meaningful, common-sensical (which has meaning, which makes sense, which is not pointless, which satisfies one's common sense)
2. good, reasonable, acceptable, satisfactory
3. reasonable, understanding, not crazy

Equivalents

Examples

“vai jums ir kāds jēdzīgs priekšlikums?”

do you have a meaningful proposal?

“ubags laikam bija pamuļķis, skaitīja savus vārdiņus, un nekā jēdzīga no viņa nevarēja izzināt”

the beggar was maybe a little stupid, he recited his words, but you could not get anything meaningful from him

“viņam gadījies jēdzīgs darbs”

he happened to have a good, reasonable job

“jēdzīgos apstākļos varētu gūt labākus rezultātus”

under reasonable circumstances better results could be obtained

“Helga bija pagājusi aiz līkuma un atgriezusies zināja stāstīt, ka tur ceļš esot jēdzīgāks”

Helga had gone past the turn (of the road) and after returning could tell that the way there was better

“mūsu kaimiņš ir jēdzīgs cilvēks”

our neighbor is a reasonable person

CEFR level