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lietavas

lietavas

See also: lietavās

Latvian

Noun

lietavas f (4th declension)

  1. rains, long, incessant rain; rainy period,
    lietavu laiksrainy period
    rudens lietavasautumn rains
    apmēram 200 tūkstoši meksikāņu spiesti pamest savus mājokļus, lai glābtos no plūdiem... tos izraisījušas lietavas, kas ilga visu pagājušo nedēļu ― about 200 thousand Mexicans were forced to flee their homes to save themselves from the flood... caused by incessant rains that had lasted the whole preceding week

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Usage notes

There is a singular form lietava, only sporadically attested.

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