mukls

From the same stem as the verb mukt “to sink (in mud)” (q.v.), with an extra element -l, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”), see also Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”). Additional cognates include Lithuanian muklùs, Serbo-Croatian mùkljiv.^[1]

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mukls (definite muklais, comparative muklāks, superlative vismuklākais, adverb mukli)

1. swampy, boggy, marshy, miry (typical of swamps, bogs, marsh, mires)

   mukla meža pļava ― boggy forest meadow

   kad haubicū baterija bija pārvarējusi muklo ieplaku, uzkalna līdzenumā zirgi uzsāka raitāku gaitu ― when the howitzer battery had overcome the marshy valley, the hill plain horses started at a quicker pace

• muklains
• purvains
• staigns