Meaning of leja | Babel Free
Definitions
- locative singular of leja
- low area, low place, below (place located below, with respect to something else)
- lower side, lower part, bottom (of something)
- down, below, at the bottom, in a lower area (of some place)
- valley
- depression in an area or terrain
- mouth, estuary
- down, downward, toward the earth (also metaphorically)
Equivalents
Examples
“pa leju mājai garām šaujas motociklets”
a motorcycle ran by in the low area along the house
“Lība palika stāvam un ostīja gaisu: kaut kur no lejas uzvēdīja svešāada smarša”
Lība remained standing and sniffed the air: somewhere from below a strange smell was spreading
“lejas stāvs”
the lower (i.e., first) floor
“te bija lejas aula baznīca ar zaļo skārda jumtu”
here was the lower village church with a green tin roof
“tumšajā lejas gaitenī klusēdami izklīst skolēnu pulciņi”
the small groups of students silently dispersed in the dark lower corridor
“lejā pagalmā spēlējās bērni”
down in the yard the children were playing
“izgāju pat uz balkona; dzīli lejā zem manis slīdēja automašīnas un trolejbusi”
I went out on the balcony; deep down under me cars and trolleys slid by
“un tad tepat lejā pie Varžupīte tie karkli”
and then right here (they are), down by the Varžupīte (river), these willows
“tieši zem nišas bija divi galdiņi; nišā varēja dzirdēt katru vārdu, ko tie tur lejā runāja”
right under the niche there were two little tables; in the niche it was possible to hear every word which they said down there
“upes, strauta leja”
river, creek valley
“dziļa leja”
deep valley
“krūmiem aizaugusi leja”
a valley overgrown with bushes
“lejas nogāze”
valley slope
“starp diviem kalniem vēsā lejā / svēts, vientuļš klosteris glabājās”
in a cool valley between two mountains / a holy, lonely monastery kept itself
“miklajā ganību lejā nāca melnakšņu un kārklu krūmi”
in the humid pasture depression there were (lit. came) alder and willow bushes
“no lejas brauc tvaikonis”
from the river mouth came a steamboat
“straume laivu nesa uz leju”
the stream took the boat downstream, to(ward) the estuary
“jo tālāk ejam mēs uz leju, jo vairāk straume izšķir mūs”
the further we go downstream, the more the stream separated us
“skatīties uz leju”
to look down
“ceļš ved uz leju”
the path leads down
“Ģirts gāja pa kāpnēm uz leju”
Ģirts walked down the stairs
“svaru kauss sveras uz leju”
the heavy cup weighs down
“Mācītājam Silingam ar veselību ejot uz leju”
Pastor Siling's health, they say, is going down
CEFR level
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
See also
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