turīgs

Latvian

Etymology

From tur(ēt) (“to hold”) +‎ -īgs, in which turēt still has the meaning of “to have,” “to possess,” attested in folk tales and in older written sources.^[1]

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Adjective

turīgs (definite turīgais, comparative turīgāks, superlative visturīgākais, adverb turīgi)

(of people) well off, rich, wealthy (having good material conditions, having many valuable possessions)
turīgs cilvēks ― wealthy person

turīga ģimene ― wealthy family

kļūt turīgam ― to become rich, wealthy

Par Mežkalnu tēvu runājot, jāsaka, ka viņš bija turīgs' saimnieks ― speaking about father Mežkalns (= the head of the Mežkalns family), it must be said that he was a wealthy farmer
(of life, time periods) wealthy, rich (having to do with, characterized by, good material circumstances, material goods, property)
turīga dzīve, nākotne ― wealthy life, future

Declension

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of turīgs

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)		feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	turīgs	turīgi	turīga	turīgas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	turīga	turīgu	turīgas	turīgu
dative (datīvs)	turīgam	turīgiem	turīgai	turīgām
accusative (akuzatīvs)	turīgu	turīgus	turīgu	turīgas
instrumental (instrumentālis)	turīgu	turīgiem	turīgu	turīgām
locative (lokatīvs)	turīgā	turīgos	turīgā	turīgās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—	—	—

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Derived terms

turība

References

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

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

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