miglains
Appearance
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From migla (“fog, mist”) + -ains.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: mi‧glains
Adjective
[edit]miglains (definite miglainais, comparative miglaināks, superlative vismiglainākais, adverb miglaini)
- (weather) foggy, misty, hazy (having fog, mist, haze)
- miglains laiks ― foggy weather
- miglains rīts, vakars ― foggy morning, evening
- miglaina diena, nakts ― foggy day, night
- miglains giass ― foggy, misty air
- (of places) foggy, misty (characterized by constant, frequent foggy, misty weather)
- miglains purvs ― misty, foggy swamp
- miglaina ieleja ― misty, foggy valley
- (of the sun) hazy (obscured by fog, mist)
- miglaina saule ― hazy sun
- (of eyes, look) hazy (dull, not shiny, not clear)
- zvejas vīra skatiens kļuva miglains kā pēc stiprāka dzēriena malka ― the fisherman's look became hazy as a result of a shot of strong drink
- (of images) hazy, blurry (unclear, not sharp, not clearly visible)
- miglains fotoattēls ― blurry photo
- hazy, unclear, faded (visually vague, without sharp contours, perhaps because of vision problems)
- redzēt miglainus burtus ― to see hazy, blurry, faded letters
- (of light) faint
- aiz logiem bija pelēka, miglaina gaismiņa ― behind the windows was a gray, hazy, faint light
- (figuratively, of topics, ideas, thoughts) hazy, unclear, poorly defined, not concrete
- miglainas idejas ― hazy, foggy, unclear ideas
- miglains priekšstats ― blurry picture
- viņa atbildes ir miglainas, bez konkrēta satura ― his answers are unclear, without concrete content
Declension
[edit]indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of miglains
masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) |
singular (vienskaitlis) |
plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
nominative (nominatīvs) | miglains | miglaini | miglaina | miglainas | |||||
accusative (akuzatīvs) | miglainu | miglainus | miglainu | miglainas | |||||
genitive (ģenitīvs) | miglaina | miglainu | miglainas | miglainu | |||||
dative (datīvs) | miglainam | miglainiem | miglainai | miglainām | |||||
instrumental (instrumentālis) | miglainu | miglainiem | miglainu | miglainām | |||||
locative (lokatīvs) | miglainā | miglainos | miglainā | miglainās | |||||
vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||