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dārzājs

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Latvian

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Dārzāji

Etymology

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Coined in the 1860s by Juris Alunāns, from dārzs (garden) +‎ -ājs.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dārzājs m (1s declension)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) vegetable (herbaceous plants with juicy edible parts; cucumber, tomato, lettuce, cabbage, potato, etc.)
    audzēt dārzājusto grow vegetables
    labs dzelzs avots ir lapu dārzājileafy vegetables are a good source of iron
    no dārzājiem izlieto bumbuļus (kartupeļi, topinambūri), saknes (burkāni, bietes, kāļi), stublājus un ziedus (rabarberi, sparģeli, puķu kāposti), lapas (kāposti, spināti, salāti, puravi), augļus (gurķi, ķirbji, melones, tomāti, baklažāni)from vegetables one uses tubers (potatoes, artichokes), roots (carrots, beets, swedes), stems and lowers (rhubarb, asparagus, cauliflower), leaves (cabbage, spinach, lettuce, leeks), (and) fruits (cucumber, squash, mellon, tomato, eggplant)
  2. (chiefly in the plural) vegetable (the juicy edible parts of those plants)
    izstādes apmeklētāji var aplūkot arī bagāto dārzāju ražu: milzu kāpostgalvas, burkānus, ķirbjusthe exhibition visitors can look at a rich harvest of vegetables: giant cabbages, carrots, pumpkins
    dārzāji pēc ievākšanas vai iegādes pareizi jāuzglabā; tie nedrīkst savīstvegetables after being harvested or bought must be well preserved; they should not (be allowed to) rot

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “dārzs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN