"blāvs" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Latvian]

IPA: [blāːws] Audio: lv-riga-blāvs.ogg
Etymology: * From Proto-Baltic *blāwas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlew-, *bʰlēw-, *bʰlāw-, from the zero grade of *bʰel- (“shiny, white”) (whence also Latvian balts (“white”)) with an extra -w. * Some researchers consider blāvs a borrowing from Middle Low German blā, blāw, from Old Saxon blāo (and likewise Lithuanian blãvas a borrowing from Latvian). Cognates include Lithuanian blãvas (“pale”), blausùs (“cloudy; unclear, dim; gloomy; sleepy”), Old High German blāo (“blue; yellow”), German blau (“blue”), Latin flāvus (“golden, yellow; flaxen; blonde”). Etymology templates: {{der|lv|bat-pro|-}} Proto-Baltic, {{der|lv|ine-pro|*bʰlew-}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰlew-, {{cog|lv|balts||white}} Latvian balts (“white”), {{der|lv|gml|blā}} Middle Low German blā, {{der|lv|osx|blāo}} Old Saxon blāo, {{cog|lt|blãvas}} Lithuanian blãvas, {{cog|lv|-}} Latvian, {{cog|lt|blãvas||pale}} Lithuanian blãvas (“pale”), {{cog|goh|blāo||blue; yellow}} Old High German blāo (“blue; yellow”), {{cog|de|blau||blue}} German blau (“blue”), {{cog|la|flāvus||golden, yellow; flaxen; blonde}} Latin flāvus (“golden, yellow; flaxen; blonde”) Head templates: {{head|lv|adjective|||definite|blāvais|comparative|blāvāks|superlative|visblāvākais|adverb|blāvi|cat2=|cat3=|head=}} blāvs (definite blāvais, comparative blāvāks, superlative visblāvākais, adverb blāvi), {{lv-adj|blāv}} blāvs (definite blāvais, comparative blāvāks, superlative visblāvākais, adverb blāvi) Forms: blāvais [definite], blāvāks [comparative], visblāvākais [superlative], blāvi [adverb], no-table-tags [table-tags], blāvs [masculine, nominative, singular], blāvi [masculine, nominative, plural], blāva [feminine, nominative, singular], blāvas [feminine, nominative, plural], blāva [genitive, masculine, singular], blāvu [genitive, masculine, plural], blāvas [feminine, genitive, singular], blāvu [feminine, genitive, plural], blāvam [dative, masculine, singular], blāviem [dative, masculine, plural], blāvai [dative, feminine, singular], blāvām [dative, feminine, plural], blāvu [accusative, masculine, singular], blāvus [accusative, masculine, plural], blāvu [accusative, feminine, singular], blāvas [accusative, feminine, plural], blāvu [instrumental, masculine, singular], blāviem [instrumental, masculine, plural], blāvu [feminine, instrumental, singular], blāvām [feminine, instrumental, plural], blāvā [locative, masculine, singular], blāvos [locative, masculine, plural], blāvā [feminine, locative, singular], blāvās [feminine, locative, plural], - [masculine, singular, vocative], - [masculine, plural, vocative], - [feminine, singular, vocative], - [feminine, plural, vocative], no-table-tags [table-tags], blāvais [masculine, nominative, singular], blāvie [masculine, nominative, plural], blāvā [feminine, nominative, singular], blāvās [feminine, nominative, plural], blāvā [genitive, masculine, singular], blāvo [genitive, masculine, plural], blāvās [feminine, genitive, singular], blāvo [feminine, genitive, plural], blāvajam [dative, masculine, singular], blāvajiem [dative, masculine, plural], blāvajai [dative, feminine, singular], blāvajām [dative, feminine, plural], blāvo [accusative, masculine, singular], blāvos [accusative, masculine, plural], blāvo [accusative, feminine, singular], blāvās [accusative, feminine, plural], blāvo [instrumental, masculine, singular], blāvajiem [instrumental, masculine, plural], blāvo [feminine, instrumental, singular], blāvajām [feminine, instrumental, plural], blāvajā [locative, masculine, singular], blāvajos [locative, masculine, plural], blāvajā [feminine, locative, singular], blāvajās [feminine, locative, plural], blāvo [masculine, singular, vocative], blāvais [masculine, singular, vocative], blāvie [masculine, plural, vocative], blāvo [feminine, singular, vocative], blāvā [feminine, singular, vocative], blāvās [feminine, plural, vocative]
  1. (of light, light sources) dim, faint, wan (weak; proudicing only dim, faint light) Synonyms (of "dim, faint"): bāls, krēslains
    Sense id: en-blāvs-lv-adj-jgl8O9jJ Categories (other): Latvian words with level intonation Disambiguation of Latvian words with level intonation: 38 27 35 Disambiguation of 'of "dim, faint"': 87 6 7
  2. dull (not transparent, not clear)
    Sense id: en-blāvs-lv-adj-24pv5qGG Categories (other): Latvian etymologies from LEV, Latvian words with level intonation Disambiguation of Latvian etymologies from LEV: 13 59 29 Disambiguation of Latvian words with level intonation: 38 27 35
  3. dull, lackluster (not shiny, not emitting or reflecting (much) light; pale, whitish) Synonyms (of "dull, not clear, not shiny"): nespodrs, necaurredzams, necaurspīdīgs
    Sense id: en-blāvs-lv-adj-IhT~isgY Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian words with level intonation, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Light Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 16 37 47 Disambiguation of Latvian words with level intonation: 38 27 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 4 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 5 82 Disambiguation of Light: 38 3 60 Disambiguation of 'of "dull, not clear, not shiny"': 8 38 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: blāvums Related terms: blāvot

Inflected forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “of \"dim, faint\"”",
      "word": "gaišs"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “of \"dim, faint\"”",
      "word": "spīdīgs"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “of \"dim, faint\"”",
      "word": "spilgts"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “of \"dim, faint\"”",
      "word": "spožs"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “of \"dim, faint\"”",
      "word": "spulgs"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “of \"dull, not clear\"”",
      "word": "dzidrs"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “of \"dull, not clear\"”",
      "word": "skaidrs"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “of \"dull, not clear\"”",
      "word": "caurredzams"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “of \"dull, not clear\"”",
      "word": "caurspīdīgs"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “of \"dull, not shiny\"”",
      "word": "spodrs"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "blāvums"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "bat-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Baltic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰlew-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰlew-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "balts",
        "3": "",
        "4": "white"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian balts (“white”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "blā"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German blā",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "blāo"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon blāo",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "blãvas"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian blãvas",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "blãvas",
        "3": "",
        "4": "pale"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian blãvas (“pale”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "blāo",
        "3": "",
        "4": "blue; yellow"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German blāo (“blue; yellow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "blau",
        "3": "",
        "4": "blue"
      },
      "expansion": "German blau (“blue”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "flāvus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "golden, yellow; flaxen; blonde"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin flāvus (“golden, yellow; flaxen; blonde”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "* From Proto-Baltic *blāwas, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlew-, *bʰlēw-, *bʰlāw-, from the zero grade of *bʰel- (“shiny, white”) (whence also Latvian balts (“white”)) with an extra -w.\n* Some researchers consider blāvs a borrowing from Middle Low German blā, blāw, from Old Saxon blāo (and likewise Lithuanian blãvas a borrowing from Latvian).\nCognates include Lithuanian blãvas (“pale”), blausùs (“cloudy; unclear, dim; gloomy; sleepy”), Old High German blāo (“blue; yellow”), German blau (“blue”), Latin flāvus (“golden, yellow; flaxen; blonde”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blāvais",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvāks",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "visblāvākais",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvi",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "small",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāviem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāviem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvajam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvajiem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvajai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvajām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvajiem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvajām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvajā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvajos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvajā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvajās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvie",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "10": "visblāvākais",
        "11": "adverb",
        "12": "blāvi",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "definite",
        "6": "blāvais",
        "7": "comparative",
        "8": "blāvāks",
        "9": "superlative",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "blāvs (definite blāvais, comparative blāvāks, superlative visblāvākais, adverb blāvi)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blāv"
      },
      "expansion": "blāvs (definite blāvais, comparative blāvāks, superlative visblāvākais, adverb blāvi)",
      "name": "lv-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "blāvot"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "38 27 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian words with level intonation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "dim (light) bulb",
          "text": "blāva spuldze",
          "translation": "dim (light) bulb",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "dim moon",
          "text": "blāvs mēness",
          "translation": "dim moon",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "dim light",
          "text": "blāva gaisma",
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          "text": "blāvajā mēness gaismā no durvīm uz manu pusi kūņojās kaut kas garš un balts",
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        "11": "adverb",
        "12": "blāvi",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "definite",
        "6": "blāvais",
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        "8": "blāvāks",
        "9": "superlative",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
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      "args": {
        "1": "blāv"
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      "name": "lv-adj"
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  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
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      "word": "blāvot"
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          "english": "dim (light) bulb",
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          "english": "dim light",
          "text": "blāva gaisma",
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          "english": "in the dim moonlight something long and white was dragging itself from the door to my side",
          "text": "blāvajā mēness gaismā no durvīm uz manu pusi kūņojās kaut kas garš un balts",
          "translation": "in the dim moonlight something long and white was dragging itself from the door to my side",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dim, faint, wan (weak; proudicing only dim, faint light)"
      ],
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        [
          "light",
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        ],
        [
          "source",
          "source#English"
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          "dim",
          "dim"
        ],
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          "faint",
          "faint"
        ],
        [
          "wan",
          "wan"
        ],
        [
          "weak",
          "weak#English"
        ],
        [
          "proudicing",
          "produce#English"
        ],
        [
          "only",
          "only#English"
        ],
        [
          "dim",
          "dim#English"
        ],
        [
          "faint",
          "faint#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "light sources",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of light, light sources) dim, faint, wan (weak; proudicing only dim, faint light)"
      ],
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          "english": "dull, translucid glass vase",
          "text": "blāva stikla vāze",
          "translation": "dull, translucid glass vase",
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          "english": "behind the dull, dust-covered (window) pane flashed a smiling girl's face",
          "text": "aiz blāvās, putekļu klātās rūts pazibēja smaidīga meitenes seja",
          "translation": "behind the dull, dust-covered (window) pane flashed a smiling girl's face",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dull (not transparent, not clear)"
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          "english": "pale colors",
          "text": "blāvās krāsas",
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          "english": "I look into Harijs' eyes; but today they are dull",
          "text": "Es ieskatos Harijam acīs; bet šodien tās ir blāvas",
          "translation": "I look into Harijs' eyes; but today they are dull",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dull, lackluster (not shiny, not emitting or reflecting (much) light; pale, whitish)"
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          "emit",
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          "reflect",
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        ],
        [
          "much",
          "much#English"
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          "light",
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          "pale",
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          "whitish",
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        ]
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      "ipa": "[blāːws]"
    },
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "of \"dim, faint\"",
      "word": "bāls"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of \"dim, faint\"",
      "word": "krēslains"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of \"dull, not clear, not shiny\"",
      "word": "nespodrs"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of \"dull, not clear, not shiny\"",
      "word": "necaurredzams"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of \"dull, not clear, not shiny\"",
      "word": "necaurspīdīgs"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blāvs"
}

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