Latvian

Noun

purvājs m (1st declension)

1. swamp, swampy place or territory, marshland

   ciņains purvājs‎ ― moundy marshland

   purvājā aug dzērvenes‎ ― cranberries grow in the marshland

   rakt ģrāvi purvājā‎ ― to dig a ditch in the swamp land

   plašais līdzenums vēl aizpērn bija ar sīkiem krūmiem apaudzis, necaurbrienams purvājs‎ ― the year before last, the wide plain was still covered with small bushes, (now this) unsurmountable marshland

2. (figuratively) swamp (hard, difficult circumstances)

   dzīves purvājs‎ ― a life swamp (= difficult circumstances)

3. a type of pine forest that grows on wet peat soil

   purvājā pameža nav‎ ― there is no undergrowth in peat pine forests

Declension

Synonyms

• muklājs
• purvs
• staignājs
• staignums