spulgs

From earlier *spulgts, the past participle of an old (still dialectally attested) verb spulgt (“to shine”), from Proto-Baltic *spelg-, *spilg-, *spulg- (whence also spilgts), from Proto-Indo-European *pel-, *spel-, *spʰel- (“to shine”) with an extra g. Cognates include Sanskrit स्फुलिङ्ग (sphuliṅga, “spark”) (< *spʰ(e)li-).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [spûlks]

spulgs (definite spulgais, comparative spulgāks, superlative visspulgākais, adverb spulgi)

1. (of light, light sources) bright, clear, shining (which emits clear, crisp light)

   spulgas zvaigznes ― bright, clear stars

   spulga uguns ― bright, clear fire

   spulgs rīts ― bright, clear morning

   spulga un kvēla saule kaist debesīs ― a bright, fierce sun burns in the sky

   atausa spulgā rīta gaisma un daba modās dzīvei ― the bright morning light dawned and nature woke up to life

2. (of other objects) bright, clear, shining (which reflects clear, crisp light)

   spulgs ezers ― bright, clear lake

   spulgs diamants ― bright, shiny diamond

   kūtī stāvēja brūns teliņš un spulgām acīm skatījās no telpas pustumsas ― in the barn a little brown calf stood and looked with bright eyes from the semi-darkness of the room

   pagriezusi galvu uz durvju pusi, viņa paskatījās manī spulgu, priecīgu skatienu ― turning (her) head towards the door, she looked at me with a bright, happy look

   iestājās klusums, kurā Ausmas plaksti bija nolaisti, un tādēļ Kārlis neredzēja spulgo mirdzumu viņas acīs ― there was a silence during which Ausma's eyelids were lowerd, and so Kārlis did not see the bright glow in her eyes

• (of "bright"): gaišs, spīdīgs, spilgts, spodrs, spožs
• (of "clear", "crisp"): skaidrs, dzidrs

• blāvs
• nespodrs
• tumšs

• spulgums

• spalgs
• spilgts
• spuldze
• spulga
• spulgot