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Meaning of mikls | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
[mikls]

Definitions

  1. a little humid, moist, damp (having absorbed or containing some moisture, being covered by some moisture)
  2. humid, moist (containing a little more water vapor than usual)

Equivalents

English damp humid moist

Examples

“miklas drēbes”

humid clothes

“mikls gaiss”

humid air

“mikls asfalts”

damp asphalt

“mikla piere”

moist, clammy forehead

“miklas bērzu lapas”

humid birch leaves

“tik gluda, mikla smilts un dzidrs ūdens”

such smooth, moist sand and (such) clear water

“es redzu, ka Rūdolfa Lejieša acis miklas”

I (can) see that Rūdolfs Lejiešs' eyes (are) humid (= he cried)

“spilvens rītos mikls no asarām, kuras plūst pašas kā atkusis ledus”

the pillow in the mornings (is) humid from the tears that flow like thawing ice

“Pār Inesi pūta mikls vējš”

a moist wind blew over Inese

“bet klimats gan draņķīgs, tik mikls un auksts, ka to var izturēt vienīgi šie četrkājainie”

but the climate (is) really lousy, so humid and cold that only those four-legged ones (= sheep) can put up with it

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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