Meaning of vidus | Babel Free
Definitions
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middle, center (place situated at approximately the same distance from the edges, sides, extremities (of something)) declension-3, masculine
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middle (moment or period separated from the beginning and the end (of some process) by similarly long time intervals) declension-3, masculine
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middle (the inside, the internal part (of something)) declension-3, masculine
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in the middle of, in the midst of, amid, among declension-3, masculine
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middle, waist declension-3, masculine
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region, area declension-3, masculine
Equivalents
Examples
“ezera, meža, dārza vidus”
the middle of the lake, forest, garden
“pagalma vidus”
the middle of the backyard
“vidus dialekts”
the middle dialect (on which Standard Latvian is based)
“braukt pa ceļa vidu”
to ride by the middle of the road
“nolikt svečturi galda vidū”
to drop the candlestick in the middle of the table
“sākt šķirstīt žurnālu no vidus”
to start leafing through the magazine from the middle
“jūras vidū mēs šūpojamies, Nāves medībām izbēgušie”
we were rocking in the middle of the sea, having escaped Death's hunt
“nakts vidus”
the middle of the night
“ziemas vidus”
the middle of winter
“spēles, izrādes vidus”
the middle of the game, of the show
“karsto dienas vidu visi zirgi pavadīja krūmos, bet arī te nebija miera no mušām”
all horses spent the middle of a hot day in the bushes, but also (= even) there there was no peace from the flies
“tuvojās oktobra vidus, un bija jāsāk domāt par ziemas mītni”
the middle of october was approaching, and one had to start thinking about winter quarters
“vecmāmiņa ar īpašu nazīti izgreiza āboliem vidus un piebrēa tos ar cukuru un kanēli”
grandma cut the middles of the apples with a special knife and poured sugar and cinnamon on them
“tur agrāk vējš locīja vecu, līku vītolu ar izpuvušu vidu”
there, before, the wind would bned an old, crooked willow with a rotten middle
“draugu vidū”
among friends
“kad Zelma bija mūsu vidū,...”
when Zelma was among us, in our midst,...
“strādnieku vidū jau droši vien klīst visnegudrākās baumas”
among workers run probably the most nonsensical rumors
“ieguvām vairāk nekā 5000 senlietu; to vidū ir unikāls zobens”
we obtained more than 5000 artifacts; among them there is a unique sword
“Emma klusēdama aplika roku ap Kristīnes vidu”
Emma silently put (her) hand (= arm) around Kristīnes waist
“viņš gāja vēl; zāle sniedzās līdz vidum”
he went further; the grass reached till (his body's) middle, waist
“tik daudz Ēriks nebija radis strādāt, tādēļ reizēm viņam iesāpējās vidus”
Ēriks was not used to working so much, so sometimes his middle, waist would begin to hurt
“aizgāja uz citu vidu dzīvot”
he went to live in another region, area
“Rozenberģis vēl ciemošoties divas nedēļas šai vidū”
Rozenberģis supposedly stayed for two weeks as a visitor in that region
CEFR level
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
See also
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