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zaļš

zaļš

See also: žals

Latvian

Adjective

Zaļš

zaļš (def. zaļais, comp. zaļāks, sup. viszaļākais; adv. zaļi)

  1. green (having the color typical of, e.g., grass and leaves in summer)
    gaiši, tumši zaļš‎ ― light, dark green
    dzeltenīgi zaļš‎ ― yellow(ish) green
    zaļas lapas‎ ― green leaves
    zaļa gaisma‎ ― green light
    zaļa zīda kleita‎ ― green silk dress
    zaļais siers‎ ― green cheese
  2. green, greenish (having a tone or hue similar to green when compared to other related element)
    zaļā varde, krupis‎ ― green frog, toad
    zaļā sūna‎ ― green moss
    zaļā tēja‎ ― green tea
  3. (of people's faces) pale, unhealthy color
    viņš necieš jūras; kā uzpūš stingrāks vējš, tā paliek zaļš ģīmī un vemj‎ ― he can't suffer the sea; when the wind blows stronger, his face becomes green and he vomits
  4. (of plants) green (which is growing, developing; having leaves, needles, grass)
    zaļi asni‎ ― green sprouts
    zaļš koks‎ ― green tree
    zaļš tīrums‎ ― green field
    zaļa pļava‎ ― green meadow
    zaļā vasara‎ ― green summer
  5. (of fruits, berries) green, not ripe; (of wood) not ready to burn
    zaļš ābols‎ ― green apple
    siens vēl ir zaļš‎ ― the hay is still green
    'malka bija zaļa un negribēja degt‎ ― the wood was green and did not want to burn
  6. uncooked, raw
    zaļa gaļa‎ ― raw, uncooked meat
    'ēst zaļus burkānus, kāpostus‎ ― to eat raw carrots, cabbage
  7. new, unexperienced;
    puisis vēl ir zaļš‎ ― the guy is still green (= unexperienced)
  8. untroubled, trouble-free carefree
    nu sāksies zaļa dzīve‎ ― now begins the untroubled life
    pienāca zaļas dienas‎ ― the carefree days have come

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See also
Colors in Latvian · krāsas (layout · text)
     sarkans, sārts      zaļš      dzeltens      ?      balts
     {{{crimson}}}      ?      ?      ?      rozā
     ?      zils      oranžs      pelēks      ?
     melns      violets      brūns      ?      ?

References

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

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *zel-, *zal-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- ‎(“to shine”), whence also zelts ‎(“gold”) and several other color terms (e.g., zils, dzeltens). In fact, the color meaning of this term was at first not as specific as it is today: compare the dialectal variant zals ‎(“brown, reddish-yellow, light red”), and also several borrowings from Baltic languages: Estonian haljas ‎(“bright, shiny, shiny green”) (< *žaļas), Finnish haljakka ‎(“pale, pale gray”). Under the influence of zāle ‎(“grass”), its meaning stabilized as “green.” Cognates include Lithuanian žãlias, Old Prussian saligan ‎(zaljan, zalgan?), Old Church Slavonic зєлєнъ ‎(zelenŭ), Russian зелёный ‎(zeljónyj), Bulgarian зелен ‎(zelén), Czech zelený, Polish zielony.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zaʎʃ]

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