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Meaning of Ziemassvētki | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Christmas (holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ)
    declension-1, masculine
  2. old winter solstice celebration
    declension-1, masculine

Equivalents

English Christmas

Examples

“Ziemassvētku laiks”

Christmas time

“Ziemassvētku vakars”

Christmas night

“Ziemassvētku egle, eglīte”

Christmas tree (lit. Christmas pine tree)

“Ziemassvētku vecītis”

Santa Claus (lit. Christmas' old man)

“senie latvieši Ziemassvētkos svinēja nevis Kristus piedzimšanu, bet gan saules griešanos”

the pagan Latvians celebrate Winter Fest not because of the birth of Christ, but because of the turning of the sun (= winter solstice)

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Ziemassvētkiem Ziemassvētkos Ziemassvētku Ziemassvētkus Ziemeļamerika Ziemeļamerikai

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