mezglains
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Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From mezgls (“knot”) + -ains.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Adjective
[edit]mezglains (definite mezglainais, comparative mezglaināks, superlative vismezglainākais, adverb mezglaini)
- knotty, knotted (having knots)
- mezglaina aukla, dzija ― knotted line, yarn
- ar mezglainu diegu nevar šūt ― one can't sew with a knotty thread
- knotty, knobby, knobbly (having nodes, nodules, tissue thickenings)
- mezglaini pirksti ― knobby fingers (= having prominent knuckles)
- mezglaini stumbri ― knobby (tree) trunks
- Krista raud un lauza mezglainās, grumbainās rokas ― Krista cries and breaks (her) knobby, wrinkly hands
- pāri ceļam līka veci, mezglaini koki ― across the road were the old, knobby trees
Declension
[edit]indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of mezglains
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | mezglains | mezglaini | mezglaina | mezglainas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | mezglainu | mezglainus | mezglainu | mezglainas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | mezglaina | mezglainu | mezglainas | mezglainu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | mezglainam | mezglainiem | mezglainai | mezglainām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | mezglainu | mezglainiem | mezglainu | mezglainām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | mezglainā | mezglainos | mezglainā | mezglainās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||