purvājs

Latvian[edit]

From purvs (“swamp”) +‎ -ājs.

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purvājs m (1st declension)

swamp, swampy place or territory, marshland
ciņains purvājs ― moundy marshland

purvājā aug dzērvenes ― cranberries grow in the marshland

rakt ģrāvi purvājā ― to dig a ditch in the swamp land

plašais līdzenums vēl aizpērn bija ar sīkiem krūmiem apaudzis, necaurbrienams purvājs ― the year before last, the wide plain was still covered with small bushes, (now this) unsurmountable marshland
(figuratively) swamp (hard, difficult circumstances)
dzīves purvājs ― a life swamp (= difficult circumstances)
a type of pine forest that grows on wet peat soil
purvājā pameža nav ― there is no undergrowth in peat pine forests

Declension of purvājs (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	purvājs	purvāji
accusative (akuzatīvs)	purvāju	purvājus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	purvāja	purvāju
dative (datīvs)	purvājam	purvājiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	purvāju	purvājiem
locative (lokatīvs)	purvājā	purvājos
vocative (vokatīvs)	purvāj	purvāji