Meaning of pliks | Babel Free

Definitions

1. naked, nude (not having clothes, or shoes)
2. bald (not having hair)
3. without leaves, without further growth (branches, twigs, bark)
4. without plants, without plant life, vegetation; without trees or plants nearby
5. without, or with little, snow
6. naked (without or with little furniture; without comfort)
7. undeveloped
8. poor
9. bare (by itself, without anything in addition)
10. without side dishess, without sauce, bare
11. bare (without justification or evidence; inconclusive)
12. bare, naked (without explanation, without illustrative material, without artistic style)

Equivalents

Examples

“pliks bērns”

naked child

“plikām kājām”

(with) bare feet, barefoot

“pliks galvvidus”

bald crown (of head)

“pliks pakausis”

bald head

“plika rīkste”

naked rod, stick

“pliki zari”

naked branches

“pliks stumbrs”

naked trunk

“lopus pārdzina saimnieka plikajās ganībās”

he drove the cattle to the farmer's naked pastures

“plika ziema”

naked (i.e., snowless) winter

“plika, kaila grīda”

naked floor (with no cover)

“pliks laukums”

naked ground

“plika vieta”

naked place

“pliks mazsaimnieks”

naked (= poor) peasant

“pliks kā baznīcas žurka”

naked (= poor) as a church rat

“kur lai pliku dzīvību liekot, ja neesot darba un maizes?”

where should we put our bare life, if there is no work and bread?

“bet kas liek sēdēt uz plikas algas?”

but what makes us sit (= live on) bare wages?

“plikas putras”

bare porridge

“kam es tās pankūkas cepu? rīt pat likšu galdā pliku maizes kukuli un sviestu”

who am I baking these pancakes for? tomorrow I will put (only) bare bread and butter on the table

“bieži vien es nezinu nenieka, bet izlāpos ar pliku nojautu”

often I know nothing, I only play with bare presentiment

“plikas frāzes”

bare sentences

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