See purvs on Wiktionary
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},
{
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]
},
{
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},
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]
},
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]
},
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]
}
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"7": "",
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11,
14
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"english": "peat, moss bog",
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},
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8,
13
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8
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"english": "miry bog",
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10,
15
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13,
18
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"english": "to drain the swamp",
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0,
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"english": "swampy soil",
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5
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"english": "bog mud, sludge",
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"english": "swamp, marsh peat",
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"english": "swamp plow",
"text": "purva arkls",
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0,
5
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0,
5
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"english": "swamp gas (= methane)",
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},
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0,
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0,
5
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"english": "swamp fever (= malaria)",
"text": "purva drudzis",
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0,
5
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0,
3
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"english": "bog birch",
"text": "purva bērzs",
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0,
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0,
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"english": "marsh frog",
"text": "purva varde",
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},
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9,
14
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20,
25
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27,
30
]
],
"english": "to wade through the swamp, bog",
"text": "brist pa purvu",
"translation": "to wade through the swamp, bog",
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},
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6,
11
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29,
34
]
],
"english": "to gather cranberries in the swamp",
"text": "lasīt purvā dzērvenes",
"translation": "to gather cranberries in the swamp",
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},
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10,
15
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23,
28
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13,
18
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46,
51
]
],
"english": "at night the swamp woodcock runs all over the swamp... it swings its open beak from side to side, swallowing small flies",
"text": "naktī pār purvu skrēja purva sloka... atvērtu knābi tā šāvās no vienas malas uz otru, rijot knišļus",
"translation": "at night the swamp woodcock runs all over the swamp... it swings its open beak from side to side, swallowing small flies",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"swamp, bog, marsh, morass (low wetland with a layer of accumulated peat)"
],
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[
"swamp",
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],
[
"bog",
"bog"
],
[
"marsh",
"marsh"
],
[
"morass",
"morass"
],
[
"low",
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],
[
"wetland",
"wetland#English"
],
[
"layer",
"layer#English"
],
[
"accumulated",
"accumulated#English"
],
[
"peat",
"peat#English"
]
],
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"masculine"
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20
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],
"english": "to sink in the swamp (= to be in difficult circumstances)",
"text": "nogrimt purvā",
"translation": "to sink in the swamp (= to be in difficult circumstances)",
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},
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24,
29
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],
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38,
43
]
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"english": "air! air!... I have to stifle in this swamp!... oh, if only I could shake off this life",
"text": "elpu! elpu!... man šinī purvā jānosmok!.. ak, kaut es spētu nokratīt šo dzīvi",
"translation": "air! air!... I have to stifle in this swamp!... oh, if only I could shake off this life",
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}
],
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[
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[
"hard",
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[
"difficult",
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],
[
"circumstance",
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]
],
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"(figuratively) swamp (hard, difficult circumstances)"
],
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"figuratively",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[pùɾvs]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "muklājs"
},
{
"word": "purvājs"
},
{
"word": "staignājs"
},
{
"word": "staignums"
}
],
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"lv:"
],
"word": "purvs"
}
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