Latvian

Adjective

turīgs (def. turīgais, comp. turīgāks, sup. visturīgākais; adv. turīgi)

1. (of people) well off, rich, wealthy (having good material conditions, having many valuable possessions)

   turīgs cilvēks‎ ― wealthy person

   turīga ģimene‎ ― wealthy family

   kļūt turīgam‎ ― to become rich, wealthy

   Par Mežkalnu tēvu runājot, jāsaka, ka viņš bija turīgs' saimnieks‎ ― speaking about father Mežkalns (= the head of the Mežkalns family), it must be said that he was a wealthy farmer

2. (of life, time periods) wealthy, rich (having to do with, characterized by, good material circumstances, material goods, property)

   turīga dzīve, nākotne‎ ― wealthy life, future

Declension

Synonyms

• bagāts
• mantīgs

Antonyms

• mazturīgs
• nabags, nabadzīgs
• nemantīgs
• trūcīgs

Derived terms

• turība

References

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