Meaning of tumšs | Babel Free
[tùmʃ]Definitions
- dark (where, when there is insufficient, little or no light; not well lit)
- dark (such that little light passes through it)
- dark (such that it produces insufficient, little or no light)
- dark (strongly saturated; black, or with a large black admixture)
- dark, gloomy, depressing; expressing such characteristics
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dark (unclear, mysterious, without known causes) usually
- uneducated, lacking culture, morality; obscurantist, opposed to education, science, progress
- dark (associated with something secret, dishonest, criminal; realating to evil)
- dark (low-pitched, not sonorous)
Equivalents
Examples
“pagrabā ir tumšs”
it is dark in the basement
“istabā bija vēss un tumšs”
in the room it was cold and dark
“tumša kāpņu telpa”
a dark (= not well lit) staircase
“mājai logi ir tumši”
the windows of the house are dark (= not lit)
“mijkrēslis pamazām sabiezēja un mežā kļuva tumšs”
the twilight gradually thickened and in the forest it became dark
“ir Avēla stunda, un rudeņos vakari aizvien mēdz būt tumši”
it is a late hour, and in autumn the evenings always tend to be dark
“ir jau gluži tumšs, tik tumšs, ka Nora, lai cik vērīgi apkārt lūkodamās, nespēj neko saskatīt”
it is already quite dark, so dark that Nora, no matter how strenuously she looked around, could not see anything
“tumšs stikls”
dark glass
“gaisma žilbināja cauri vistumšākajām saulesbrillēm”
the light dazzled through the darkest sunglasses
“tumša spuldze”
dark (light) bulb
“laukā dziļš vakars... lampa ārā tumša; vai nu būs aizmirsuši iedegt, vai spuldze pagalam”
outside (there was) deep night... the lamp outside (was) dark; either they had forgotten to turn it on, or the light bulb was gone
“tumšs uzvalks”
dark suit
“tumšs zilums”
dark blue (color); dark bruise
“tumši zils”
dark blue
“tumšas domas”
dark, gloomy thoughts
“skatiens bija tumšs, ledains”
(his) look was dark, icy
“Annele turējās visiem spēkiem pretī tumšām, aklām bailēm”
Annele held on with all (her) forces against the dark, blind fear
“puisī pašā mutuļoja kaut kas tumšs, neskaidrs: viņš nikni dzina zirgus, it kā tajos saskatīdams savu pārestību cēloni”
in the young man himself something dark, unclear was bubbling: he drove the horses furiously, as if he saw in them the cause of his grievances
“ļaudis ir tumši un māņticīgi, es nezinu, cik patiesības viņu vārdos”
the people (there) are so uneducated and superstitious, I don't know how much truth (there is) in their words
“mācītājs redzēja pretrunas savos vārdos, bet cerēja, ka tumšie un nemācītie zvejnieki neko nepamanīs”
the pastor saw the contradiction in his (own) words, but he hoped that the uneducated, unschooled fishermen would not notice anything
“tumši, reakcionāri ļaudis, salasījuši dažādus šaubīgus elementus, sarīko Maskavas priekšpilsētā cittautībnieku grautiņus”
obscurantist, reactionary people, composed of several dubious elements, organized pogroms (against) other nationalities in Moscow's suburbs
“tumša pagātne”
dark past
“tumši spēki”
dark forces
“pa tumšo”
dishonestly; criminally (lit. on the dark)
“smagi, tumši akordi”
heavy, dark chords
CEFR level
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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