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valgs

valgs

Latvian

Alternative forms

  • (dialectal terms) velgs, vilgs

Adjective

valgs (def. valgais, comp. valgāks, sup. visvalgākais; adv. valgi)

  1. humid, moist, damp, wet (having absorbed or containing moisture or vapor, being covered by some moisture)
    valgas smiltishumid sand
    valga zemehumid earth
    valgs mālswet clay
    valga loga rūtshumid, wet window pane
    valgas lūpasmoist lips
    valgi matidamp, wet hair
    augsnei, kurā audzē tomātus, jābūt valgai, bet ne slapjai ― the soil where one grows tomatoes must be humid, but not wet
    acis no asarām kļūst valgas ― (his) eyes become moist with tears
  2. humid, moist (containing more water vapor than usual)
    valga miglahumid fog
    valgs rietumu vējšhumid east wind
    valga vēsmahumid breeze
    gaiss būdā pa nakti kļūst valgs no zemes mitruma ― during the night, the air in the hut becomes humid from the humidity of the soil

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  • vilgt

References

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