muklājs
Latvian
Pronunciation
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Noun
muklājs m (1st declension)
- swampy, boggy place, mire
- muklāju purvs ― boggy swamp
- neizbrienams muklājs ― unsurmontable bog
- grimt muklājā ― to sink in the bog, mud
- kājas brīžiem sagrima muklājā, kas rāva nost zābakus ― his feet sank for a moment in the bog/mud, which managed to take off his boots
- (figuratively) swamp (hard, difficult circumstances)
- dzīves muklājs ― life swamp (= difficult life circumstances)
Declension
Declension of muklājs (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | muklājs | muklāji |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | muklāju | muklājus |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | muklāja | muklāju |
| dative (datīvs) | muklājam | muklājiem |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | muklāju | muklājiem |
| locative (lokatīvs) | muklājā | muklājos |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | muklāj | muklāji |
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “mukls”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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