drēgns

• (dialectal form) dregns

From Proto-Baltic *dreg- (with an adjectivizing suffix -n, and expressive lengthening of the e; compare dialectal variant dregns with short e), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to tear, to pluck, to slice”) (whence also dīrāt (“to skin, to flay”), q.v.) with an extra suffix -gʰ (*der-gʰ, *dr-egʰ). From the original meaning, “to tear” > “to skin, to flay,” a number of other meanings were developed, relating to something unpleasant or repulsive (compare dergties (“to feel disgusted”)); in the case of drēgns, unpleasant cold and humidity. Cognates include Lithuanian drė́gnas.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [drǣːɡns]

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drēgns (definite drēgnais, comparative drēgnāks, superlative visdrēgnākais, adverb drēgni)

1. (weather) cold and humid

   drēgns laiks, gaiss, klimats ― cold, humid weather, air, climate

   drēgns pagrabs ― cold, humid cellar

   drēgns rīts ― cold, humid morning

   drēgna migla ― cold, humid mist, fog

   bija pelēki drēgna diena ― it was a gray, cold, humid day

• drēgnums