biezs
Appearance
See also: biežs
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Baltic *benž-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick, tight”), from *bʰen- (“to hit, to injure”) (with the meaning evolving from “to hit” > “to swell,” “swollen” > “thick”). Cognates include Old Norse bingr (“stack, heap”), Old High German bungo (“ball, tangle”), Hittite [script needed] (panku-s, “whole, shared, united”), Sanskrit बहु (bahú, “much, many; great”), Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús, “thick, tight”), Latin pīnguis (“fat, thick”) (< *finguis, influenced by *pīmos “fat”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]biezs (definite biezais, comparative biezāks, superlative visbiezākais, adverb biezi)
- thick, dense (made of many component elements, all very close to one another)
- biezs krūmājs ― thick underbrush
- bieza kūla ― thick old grass
- bieza sūna ― thick moss
- biezi mati ― thick hair
- bieza cilvēku drūzma ― thick crowd
- biezs siļķu bars ― thick group, school of herring
- (of gases, fog, smoke, etc.) thick, dense, concentrated
- biezi tvaika mutuļi ― thick puffs of vapor
- biezā rudens rīta migla ― thick autumn morning mist
- dūmu mutuļi kļuva arvien biezāki un tumšāki ― the puffs of smoke became thicker and darker
- (of liquids) thick, viscous (flowing slowly, with difficulty)
- biezs medus, krējums ― thick honey, cream
- ūdens ezerā ir melns kā darva un biezs kā auzu ķīselis ― the water in (that) lake is black as tar and thick as oaātmeal jelly
- (of night, darkness) thick, dark
- vakara krēsla kļuva arvien biezāka ― the twilight became thicker
- tumsa bija tik bieza, ka saredzēt nekā nevarēja ― the darkness was so thick that it was impossible to look around
- (of leaf-like objects) thick (having a large cross-section)
- bieza siena, grāmata ― thick wall, book
- biezs dēlis, papīrs ― thick board, paper
- biezas lūpas ― thick lips
- (with indication of thickness) thick
- 0,5 milimetri biezs skārds ― 5mm-thick metal sheet
- vairākus metrus bieza smilts u māla kārta ― a many-meter-thick layer of sand and clay
- (of fabric, knitting, clothes) thick, tight (not thin; also, such that there is little space between the threads)
- bieza jaka ― thick jacket
- biezs audekls ― thick canvas
- viņai bija milzīgi garš, biezs sēru šķidrauts, kas tik pamatīgi aizsedza seju ― she had a very long, thick veil that thoroughly hid her face
Declension
[edit]indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of biezs
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
nominative (nominatīvs) | biezs | biezi | bieza | biezas | |||||
accusative (akuzatīvs) | biezu | biezus | biezu | biezas | |||||
genitive (ģenitīvs) | bieza | biezu | biezas | biezu | |||||
dative (datīvs) | biezam | bieziem | biezai | biezām | |||||
instrumental (instrumentālis) | biezu | bieziem | biezu | biezām | |||||
locative (lokatīvs) | biezā | biezos | biezā | biezās | |||||
vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
Synonyms
[edit]- (of "dense", "thick", "with little intermediate space"): blīvs
- (of "thick hair"): ciets
- (of "tight"): ciešs
- (of cylindrical objects): resns
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “of "dense", "thick", "with little intermediate space"”): rets, plāns
- (antonym(s) of “of "thick liquid"”): šķidrs, plāns
- (antonym(s) of “of "thick wall, book"”): plāns
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “biezs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN