mēsli
Latvian
Etymology
From mēzt (“to remove with shovel, to clean with shovel”). Cognates include Lithuanian mė́šlas, plural mėšlai̇̃.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mæ̂ːsli]
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Noun
mēsli m (1st declension)
- dung, manure, animal excrement
- mēslu dakšas ― manure forks
- mēslu rati ― manure carts
- mēslu krātuve ― manure storage place
- mēslu sūknis ― manure pump
- mēslu kaudze ― dunghill
- ārdīt mēslus ― to ted manure
- kraut mēslus vezumā ― to load manure in a wagon
- vest mēslus uz tīrumu ― to take manure to the field
- fertilizer
- mākslīgie mēsli, minerālmēsli ― (artificial) fertilizer
- organiskie mēsli ― organic manure
- jūras mēsli ― sea manure (sea algae used as fertilizer)
- dirt, waste
- mēslu bedre ― waste, garbage pit
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | mēsli |
| genitive | — | mēslu |
| dative | — | mēsliem |
| accusative | — | mēslus |
| instrumental | — | mēsliem |
| locative | — | mēslos |
| vocative | — | mēsli |
Derived terms
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “mēsli”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary][1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN