Latvian

Adjective

bagāts (def. bagātais, comp. bagātāks, sup. visbagātākais; adv. bagāti)

1. rich, wealthy (having a lot of money; having many valuable possessions)

   bagāts cilvēks‎ ― rich person

   bagāta valsts‎ ― rich country

   bagāts saimnieks, fabrikants‎ ― rich landowner, industrialist

2. rich, expensive, luxurious (made with very valuable material, components; containing something valuable)

   bagāts pusdienu galds‎ ― rich dinner table

   bagāts pūrs‎ ― rich dowry

   bagāts nams‎ ― rich house (where rich people live)

3. rich (having a large amount of something; having many valuable parts)

   zivīm bagāta upe‎ ― a river rich in fish

   ar mežiem bagāts apvidus‎ ― an area rich in forests

   Čiaturas mangāna atradnes ir vienas no bagātākajām pasaulē‎ ― the Čiatura manganese deposits are one of the richest in the world

4. rich (large in number or size)

   bagāts loms‎ ― a rich catch

   bagāta raža‎ ― a rich harvest

5. (of time periods) rich, productive, generous

   bagāts gads, rudens‎ ― a rich year, autumn

   bagāts mūžs‎ ― a rich life

   tās bija siltas, saulainas un augļu bagātas dienas‎ ― those were warm, sunny and fruit-rich days

6. rich, varied (in form, in nuances, in elements)

   bagāta valoda‎ ― a rich language

   bagāta dzeja‎ ― rich poetry

   bagāta fantāzija‎ ― rich fantasy

   mākslinieks ar bagātu iztēli‎ ― artist with a rich imagination

   bagāta grāmatu kolekcija‎ ― rich collection of books

   bagāta augu valsts‎ ― rich plant kingdom (= vegetation)

   bagāta fauna‎ ― rich fauna

7. rich (having excellent skills, knowledge, qualities, potential, contributions)

   pieredzes bagāts biškopis‎ ― a beekeeper rich in experience

   nopelniem bagāts zinātnieks‎ ― a scientist, scholar rich in merits

   palīdzot bērniem apgūt zināšanas, mēs dažreiz arī paši kļūstam bagātāki‎ ― helping children obtain knowledge, we sometimes also become richer

8. (of the mind, the psyche, the spirit) rich, sensitive, deep

   bagāta dvēsele‎ ― a rich soul

Declension

Synonyms

• (of "rich", "wealthy"): turīgs, mantīgs
• (of "expensive", "luxurious"): dārgs, vērtīgs, grezns, krāšņs
• (of "productive", "generous"): ražens, ražīgs, rasmīgs
• (of "varied"): daudzveidīgs, daudzpusīgs, vispusīgs, bagātīgs, plašs
• (of "sensitive", "deep"): iejūtīgs, dziļš

Antonyms

• mazturīgs
• nabags, nabadzīgs
• nemantīgs
• trūcīgs

Derived terms

• bagātība
• bagātīgs
• bagātināt, bagātināties
• bagātnieks, bagātniece

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “bagāts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7