purvs

Definīcijas

1. swamp, bog, marsh, morass (low wetland with a layer of accumulated peat)
   declension-1, masculine
2. swamp (hard, difficult circumstances)
   declension-1, figuratively, masculine

Ekvivalenti

3 more languages

Bosanskibog

Hrvatskibog

Српскиbog

Piemēri

“kūdras, sūnu purvs”

peat, moss bog

“staigns purvs”

miry bog

“nosusināt purvu”

to drain the swamp

“purva augsne”

swampy soil

“purva dūņas”

bog mud, sludge

“purva kūdra”

swamp, marsh peat

“purva arkls”

swamp plow

“purva gāze”

swamp gas (= methane)

“purva drudzis”

swamp fever (= malaria)

“purva bērzs”

bog birch

“purva varde”

marsh frog

“brist pa purvu”

to wade through the swamp, bog

“lasīt purvā dzērvenes”

to gather cranberries in the swamp

“naktī pār purvu skrēja purva sloka... atvērtu knābi tā šāvās no vienas malas uz otru, rijot knišļus”

at night the swamp woodcock runs all over the swamp... it swings its open beak from side to side, swallowing small flies

“nogrimt purvā”

to sink in the swamp (= to be in difficult circumstances)

“elpu! elpu!... man šinī purvā jānosmok!.. ak, kaut⟳ es spētu nokratīt šo dzīvi”

air! air!... I have to stifle in this swamp!... oh, if only I could shake off this life

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