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Definīcijas

1. happiness (mental and emotional state denoting harmony with the internal and external worlds; the quality of one who is happy)
   declension-5, feminine, singular
2. locative singular of laime
   feminine, form-of, locative, singular
3. (good) luck, (good) fortune, chance (an accidental set of favorable circumstances)
   declension-5, feminine, singular
4. luck, fate (a traditional form of divination, typical of New Year, based on the shapes made by molten metal — lead, tin — in water)
   declension-5, feminine
5. lilac flower with more than four corollas, or shamrock with more than three petals, both believed to bring good luck
   declension-5, feminine

Ekvivalenti

Piemēri

“vēlēt laimes”

to wish happiness, success

“daudz laimes!”

(I wish you) lots of happiness!

“apreibt no laimes”

to be giddy with happiness

“acis paceliet uz laimes zemi”

lift (your) eyes to the land of happiness

“aktrise bija kā sparnos un, laimē starodama, stājās pie darba”

the actress was as if in wings, and, beaming with happiness, she started her work

“akla laime”

blind luck

“paļauties uz laimi”

to rely on luck

“par laimi”

fortunately, luckily (lit. by luck)

“laimes rats”

the wheel of fortune

“laimes spēle”

game of chance

“kāda laime, ka es tevi šovakar satiku”

how lucky that I met you tonight

“redz nu, kāda tev laime: primais noķēri zivi”

see how lucky you were: the first to catch a fish

“Jaungada laime”

New Year's luck

“pēc vakariņam norunāja liet⟳ laimes, un visi pārgāja uz virtuvi; Ilzīte jau tālredzīgi bija apgādājusies ar svinu”

after dinner they arranged to pour fates (i.e., molten metal into water); little Ilze, with foresight, had already supplied herself with lead

“es atradu vienu laimes zidu: astoņas lapas!”

I found one lucky flower: eight petals!

“viņas iet⟳ tuvu garām lielam, samtaini mēļam ceriņkrūmam; Ieva apstājas, acīm ātri pārskrej dažus ziedu zarus: “trīspadsmit!” viņa iesaucas. “Tik daudz laimju! tādas es atradu tikai jaunībā.””

they went by a big, velvety violet lilac bush; Ieva stops, (her) eyes quickly run over several flower branches: “thirteen!” she exclaims. “So many lucky flowers! Such (= So many) I found only in my youth.”

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