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Meaning of purvājs | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. swamp, swampy place or territory, marshland
    declension-1, masculine
  2. swamp (hard, difficult circumstances)
    declension-1, figuratively, masculine
  3. a type of pine forest that grows on wet peat soil
    declension-1, masculine

Equivalents

Bosanski bog mire
English bog Marsh Mire Swamp
Hrvatski bog mire
Kurdî mirê
Српски bog mire

Examples

“ciņains purvājs”

moundy marshland

“purvājā aug dzērvenes”

cranberries grow in the marshland

“rakt ģrāvi purvājā”

to dig a ditch in the swamp land

“plašais līdzenums vēl aizpērn bija ar sīkiem krūmiem apaudzis, necaurbrienams purvājs”

the year before last, the wide plain was still covered with small bushes, (now this) unsurmountable marshland

“dzīves purvājs”

a life swamp (= difficult circumstances)

“purvājā pameža nav”

there is no undergrowth in peat pine forests

CEFR level

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

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