See gredzens on Wiktionary
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]
},
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"6": "",
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"3": "gredzenu",
"4": "gredzenus",
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"english": "ring with a precious stone",
"text": "gredzens ar dārgakmeni",
"translation": "ring with a precious stone",
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"english": "golden, diamond, ruby ring",
"text": "zelta, briljanta, rubīna gredzens",
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"english": "to give a ring",
"text": "dāvināt gradzenu",
"translation": "to give a ring",
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"english": "a wedding ring",
"text": "laulības gredzens",
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"english": "Vilma had left her wedding ring home, because that was just an old fashion: to go everywhere with the ring in (one's) finger",
"text": "Vilma savu laulības gredzenu bija atstājusi mājās, jo tā tikai tāda veca mode: staigāt visur ar riņķi pirkstā",
"translation": "Vilma had left her wedding ring home, because that was just an old fashion: to go everywhere with the ring in (one's) finger",
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"english": "rings were an everyday ornament of ancient Latvians... they wore them on all fingers of both hands, except for the thumb... often (they) adorned one finger with several rings",
"text": "ikdienas rota senlatviešiem bija gredzeni... tos nēsāja uz abu roku visiem pirkstiem, izņemot īkšķi... bieži vien vienu pirkstu rotāja pat vairāki gredzeni",
"translation": "rings were an everyday ornament of ancient Latvians... they wore them on all fingers of both hands, except for the thumb... often (they) adorned one finger with several rings",
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}
],
"glosses": [
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"english": "piston ring",
"text": "virzuļa gredzens",
"translation": "piston ring",
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},
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"english": "to remove the ring from a bird's legs",
"text": "noņemt putnam no kājas gredzenu",
"translation": "to remove the ring from a bird's legs",
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}
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"english": "tree annual rings",
"text": "koka gadskārtu gredzeni",
"translation": "tree annual rings",
"type": "example"
},
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"english": "Saturn's rings",
"text": "Saturna gredzeni",
"translation": "Saturn's rings",
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},
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"english": "nerve ring",
"text": "nervu gredzens",
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},
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18,
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14,
19
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"english": "to blow smoke rings in the air",
"text": "izpūst gaisā dūmu gredzenus",
"translation": "to blow smoke rings in the air",
"type": "example"
},
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"english": "to cut (something) in a circle (= creating a circular or spiral shape)",
"text": "(sa)griezt gredzenā",
"translation": "to cut (something) in a circle (= creating a circular or spiral shape)",
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"english": "the snake rolled itself up into a ring",
"text": "čūska saritinājās gredzenā",
"translation": "the snake rolled itself up into a ring",
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}
],
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"english": "a roman written according to the principle of circularity",
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],
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