Meaning of purvājs | Babel Free
Definitions
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swamp, swampy place or territory, marshland declension-1, masculine
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swamp (hard, difficult circumstances) declension-1, figuratively, masculine
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a type of pine forest that grows on wet peat soil declension-1, masculine
Equivalents
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.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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