papuve

From pa- (“a little”) +‎ puve (“rotting”), with puve from the past stem puv- of the verb pūt (“to rot”).^[1]

papuve f (5th declension)

1. fallow, fallow land (land left unseeded for a year)

   atstāt zemi papuvē ― to leave land fallow

   papuvju aršana ― ploughing of the fallow lands

   papuves kultūras ― fallow crops

   tīrā papuve ― fallow where no crops grow (lit. clean fallow)

   melnā papuve ― fallow which is kept with fertilizer and where weeds are systematically destroyed (lit. black fallow)

• papuves mēnesis