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purvājs

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Latvian

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Etymology

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From purvs (swamp) +‎ -ājs.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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purvājs m (1st declension)

  1. swamp, swampy place or territory, marshland
    ciņains purvājsmoundy marshland
    purvājā aug dzērvenescranberries grow in the marshland
    rakt ģrāvi purvājāto dig a ditch in the swamp land
    plašais līdzenums vēl aizpērn bija ar sīkiem krūmiem apaudzis, necaurbrienams purvājsthe year before last, the wide plain was still covered with small bushes, (now this) unsurmountable marshland
  2. (figuratively) swamp (hard, difficult circumstances)
    dzīves purvājsa life swamp (= difficult circumstances)
  3. a type of pine forest that grows on wet peat soil
    purvājā pameža navthere is no undergrowth in peat pine forests

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