muklājs

Latvian

Etymology

From mukls (“swampy, boggy, marshy, miry”) +‎ -ājs.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

muklājs m (1st declension)

  1. 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
  2. (figuratively) swamp (hard, difficult circumstances)
    dzīves muklājs ― life swamp (= difficult life circumstances)

Declension

Declension of muklājs (1st declension)
singular plural
nominative muklājs muklāji
genitive muklāja muklāju
dative muklājam muklājiem
accusative muklāju muklājus
instrumental muklāju muklājiem
locative muklājā muklājos
vocative muklāj muklāji

Synonyms

References

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