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daudz

daudz

Latvian

Adverb

daudz (comp. vairāk, sup. visvairāk)

  1. much, a lot; adverbial form of daudzi
  2. (with genitive) much, many, a lot of (an indefinite large amount of)
    daudz ziedumany flowers
    daudz darbaa lot of work
    daudz naudasa lot of money
    cik daudz dzīvnieku? ― how many animals?
    cik daudz laika? ― how much time?
    ļoti daudz piena ― very much milk, a lot of milk
    par daudz piena ― too much milk
    daudz ļaužu iet šeit garāma lot of people go by here
  3. (modifying a verb, or another adverb) much, a lot
    strādāt, runāt daudz ― to work, to talk a lot
    daudz liekāks, vecāksmuch biger, older
    daudz labāks par citiemmuch better than the others
    daudz agrāk nekā pērnmuch earlier than last year
  4. (used as a noun) much, a lot, usually of something important
    daudz palika neizteiktsmuch remained unsaid
    skolēni uzzināja daudz ― the students found out a lot
    viņš ēd par daudz ― he eats too much
    lokomotīves vadītājam jāzina un jāprot daudz ― locomotive drivers must know and be able to do a lot (of things)

Usage notes

The adverbial form daudz has a comparative form vairāk, but the adjectival form daudzi has no corresponding comparative form (the term vairāki does exist, but it is an indefinite pronoun by itself, meaning “several”).

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References

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