alksnājs

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Latvian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From alksnis (alder tree) +‎ -ājs.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)

Noun[edit]

alksnājs m (1st declension)

  1. area where many alder trees grow; alder forest
    norā saaudzis biezs alksnājsa thick alder forest has grown in the glade
    gandrīz visi, kas gāja vai jāja cauri alksnājam, pusbalsī dziedāja: “ai, dzīve, ai, dzīve, ai, alkšņi, alkšņi...”almost all those who walked or rode through the alder forest sang half aloud: “oh, life, oh life, oh alders, alders...”

Declension[edit]