meija

Latvian

Etymology

From Middle Dutch meye or Middle Low German meige ([meije], “decorated May tree; a green branch (for May festivities)”), the older sense of the word being the month of May.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [mēīja]

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Noun

meija f (4th declension)

(baby birches used to decorate the premises leading up to Midsummer festivities (Līgo))
katrs Latvijas iedzīvotājs valsts mežos drīkst nocirst piecas meijas ― every inhabitant of Latvia is allowed to chop down [up to] five meijas in state owned forests^[2]

Declension

Declension of *meija* (4th declension)
	singular	plural
nominative	meija	meijas
genitive	meijas	meiju
dative	meijai	meijām
accusative	meiju	meijas
instrumental	meiju	meijām
locative	meijā	meijās
vocative	meija	meijas

References

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

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

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