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Meaning of staigns | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
[stàjɡns]

Definitions

  1. swampy, boggy, marshy, miry (such that it has humid, soft soil, where it is easy to sink and be stuck)
  2. swampy, boggy, marshy, miry; alternative form of staigns
    dialectal

Equivalents

Български блатист
Català pantanós
English Boggy Marshy Swampy
Esperanto marĉa
Español cenagoso pantanoso
Suomi soinen
Français marécageux
Gaeilge abarach
Galego brañento
Italiano paludoso
Latviešu muklains mukls purvains
Nederlands drassig zompig
Português pantanoso
Kiswahili chepechepe

Examples

“staigna pļava”

swampy meadow

“staigns krasts”

boggy coast, miry shore

“pār staigniem purviem, mežiem, upēm, klintīm spīd viena saule, visu zeltījot”

over the swampy marshes, forests, rivers, rocks the sun alone shines, gilding everything

“staignās smiltis ņirb zem kājām, kad kareivji aiziet caur priežu mežu”

the miry sand sparkles underfoot, when the soldiers go through the pine forest

CEFR level

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

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