mežs
Latgalian
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Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic *medjas. Cognates include Latvian mežs and Lithuanian medis.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mežs m (diminutive mežeņš)
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- M. Bukšs, J. Placinskis (1973) Latgaļu volūdas gramatika un pareizraksteibas vōrdneica, Latgaļu izdevnīceiba, page 124
- Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 108
Latvian
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Forest_in_Sigulda_Latvia.jpg/250px-Forest_in_Sigulda_Latvia.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From earlier *mežas (genitive *meža, also yielding *meža-s by analogy), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *medjas, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle; in-between”). The original meaning was “(that which is) in the middle, in-between” > “forest” (since long ago villages were like little islands between stretches of forest, “what is between (villages)” = “forest”). Cognates include Lithuanian mẽdis (“tree, wood”), dialectal mẽdžias (“tree, forest”), Old Prussian median (“forest”), Sudovian mejdo (“tree”) (< *mēdo), Proto-Slavic *meďa, *meďu (Russian межа́ (mežá, “balk, unplowed strip of land; border; (dial.) little forest”), ме́жду (méždu, “between, in-between”), Belarusian and Ukrainian межа́ (mežá, “balk; border; line”), Bulgarian межда́ (meždá), Czech mez, Polish miedza (“balk; border”)), Old Irish mide (“middle”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌹𐍃 (midjis), Old High German mitti, German Mitte, English middle, Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos), Latin medius.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mežs m (1st declension)
- forest (dense collection of trees and bushes on a stretch of land)
- priežu, egļu mežs ― pine, fir forest
- stādīt mežu ― to plant a forest
- meža zemenes ― forest (= wild) strawberries
- meža zvēri ― forest (= wild) animals
- meža fauna, flora ― forest fauna, flora
- meža pļava ― forest meadow
- meža klajums ― forest clearing
- meža cirtējs, mežcirtējs ― logger (lit. forest chopper)
- meža ugunsgrēks ― forest fire
- meža aizsardzība ― forest protection
- mežā aug koki, krūmi un zem tiem dažādi sīki augi ― in the forest trees and bushes grow, and under them (also) several (kinds of) small plants
Declension
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[edit]References
[edit]- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “mežs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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