pasakains

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Latvian

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Etymology

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From pasaka (folktale, fairy tale) +‎ -ains.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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pasakains (definite pasakainais, comparative pasakaināks, superlative vispasakainākais, adverb pasakaini)

  1. fabulous, fantastic (typical of fairy tales, their characters or places; very beautiful, very good)
    pasakainas ainas, ainavasfabulous scenes, landscapes
    pasakains vakarsfabulous evening
    pasakaina apkārtnefabulous surroundings, neighborhood
    pasakains milzisfabulous, fairy-tale giant
  2. (of value, intensity) fabulous (extremely large)
    pasakaina naudas summafabulous amount of money
    pasakaina cenafabulous price
    Ģirtam likās, ka mašīna joņo pasakainā ātrumāit seemed to Ģirts that the car was going at a fantastic speed

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