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Adjective [Latvian]

IPA: [vālks]
Etymology: From Proto-Baltic *walg-, from the o-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *welg- (“humid”), from the stem *wel- (“to press, to squeeze”) with an extra g (a parallel form *welk- with k gave rise to Latvian valkans (“wet and soft”)). The semantic change was probably from “pressed, squeezed (so as to become soft)” > “soft (also from other reasons, e.g. humidity)” > “humid.” Other ablaut forms gave rise to dialectal synonymous forms like velgs and vilgs, as well as the standard term vilgt (“to become moist, humid”). Cognates include Lithuanian vìlgti (“to become wet”), vìlgyti, Proto-Slavic *volga (“humidity, moisture”) (Old Church Slavonic влага (vlaga), Russian влага (vlaga), Bulgarian влага (vlaga), Belarusian вільгаць (vilʹhacʹ), Ukrainian волога (voloha), Czech vláha), Old High German wëlk (“humid, soft”), German welk (“faded”), Old High German wolkan, German Wolke (“cloud”), Thracian olgan(o) (“humid”). Etymology templates: {{der|lv|bat-pro|*walg-}} Proto-Baltic *walg-, {{der|lv|ine-pro|*welg-|t=humid}} Proto-Indo-European *welg- (“humid”), {{m|ine-pro|*wel-|t=to press, to squeeze}} *wel- (“to press, to squeeze”), {{m|mul||g}} g, {{m|ine-pro|*welk-}} *welk-, {{m|mul||k}} k, {{cog|lv|valkans||wet and soft}} Latvian valkans (“wet and soft”), {{m|lv|velgs}} velgs, {{m|lv|vilgs}} vilgs, {{m|lv|vilgt||to become moist, humid}} vilgt (“to become moist, humid”), {{cog|lt|vìlgti|t=to become wet}} Lithuanian vìlgti (“to become wet”), {{m|lt|vìlgyti}} vìlgyti, {{cog|sla-pro|*volga|t=humidity, moisture}} Proto-Slavic *volga (“humidity, moisture”), {{cog|cu|влага}} Old Church Slavonic влага (vlaga), {{cog|ru|влага}} Russian влага (vlaga), {{cog|bg|влага}} Bulgarian влага (vlaga), {{cog|be|вільгаць}} Belarusian вільгаць (vilʹhacʹ), {{cog|uk|волога}} Ukrainian волога (voloha), {{cog|cs|vláha}} Czech vláha, {{cog|goh|wëlk|t=humid, soft}} Old High German wëlk (“humid, soft”), {{cog|de|welk|t=faded}} German welk (“faded”), {{cog|goh|wolkan}} Old High German wolkan, {{cog|de|Wolke|t=cloud}} German Wolke (“cloud”), {{cog|txh|olgan(o)|t=humid}} Thracian olgan(o) (“humid”) Head templates: {{head|lv|adjective|||definite|valgais|comparative|valgāks|superlative|visvalgākais|adverb|valgi|cat2=|cat3=}} valgs (definite valgais, comparative valgāks, superlative visvalgākais, adverb valgi), {{lv-adj|valg}} valgs (definite valgais, comparative valgāks, superlative visvalgākais, adverb valgi) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-adj|valg|extrawidth=-100}} Forms: valgais [definite], valgāks [comparative], visvalgākais [superlative], valgi [adverb], no-table-tags [table-tags], valgs [indefinite, masculine, nominative, singular], valgi [indefinite, masculine, nominative, plural], valga [feminine, indefinite, nominative, singular], valgas [feminine, indefinite, nominative, plural], valgu [accusative, indefinite, masculine, singular], valgus [accusative, indefinite, masculine, plural], valgu [accusative, feminine, indefinite, singular], valgas [accusative, feminine, indefinite, plural], valga [genitive, indefinite, masculine, singular], valgu [genitive, indefinite, masculine, plural], valgas [feminine, genitive, indefinite, singular], valgu [feminine, genitive, indefinite, plural], valgam [dative, indefinite, masculine, singular], valgiem [dative, indefinite, masculine, plural], valgai [dative, feminine, indefinite, singular], valgām [dative, feminine, indefinite, plural], valgu [indefinite, instrumental, masculine, singular], valgiem [indefinite, instrumental, masculine, plural], valgu [feminine, indefinite, instrumental, singular], valgām [feminine, indefinite, instrumental, plural], valgā [indefinite, locative, masculine, singular], valgos [indefinite, locative, masculine, plural], valgā [feminine, indefinite, locative, singular], valgās [feminine, indefinite, locative, plural], - [indefinite, masculine, singular, vocative], - [indefinite, masculine, plural, vocative], - [feminine, indefinite, singular, vocative], - [feminine, indefinite, plural, vocative]
  1. humid, moist, damp, wet (having absorbed or containing moisture or vapor, being covered by some moisture)
    Sense id: en-valgs-lv-adj-KjtVmYHE Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian etymologies from LEV, Latvian words with level intonation Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Latvian etymologies from LEV: 48 52 Disambiguation of Latvian words with level intonation: 51 49
  2. humid, moist (containing more water vapor than usual)
    Sense id: en-valgs-lv-adj-99EiNF93 Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian etymologies from LEV, Latvian words with level intonation Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Latvian etymologies from LEV: 48 52 Disambiguation of Latvian words with level intonation: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mikls, mitrs, slapjš, vilgs Synonyms (dialectal terms): velgs Derived forms: valgans, valgme, valgums Related terms: vilgt
Disambiguation of 'dialectal terms': 46 54

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
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      },
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        "2": "волога"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian волога (voloha)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cs",
        "2": "vláha"
      },
      "expansion": "Czech vláha",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "valgās",
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      "form": "-",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "definite",
        "6": "valgais",
        "7": "comparative",
        "8": "valgāks",
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        "cat3": ""
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  "lang": "Latvian",
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  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vilgt"
    }
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
          "english": "humid sand",
          "text": "valgas smiltis",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "humid earth",
          "text": "valga zeme",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "wet clay",
          "text": "valgs māls",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "humid, wet window pane",
          "text": "valga loga rūts",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "moist lips",
          "text": "valgas lūpas",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "damp, wet hair",
          "text": "valgi mati",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the soil where one grows tomatoes must be humid, but not wet",
          "text": "augsnei, kurā audzē tomātus, jābūt valgai, bet ne slapjai",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(his) eyes become moist with tears",
          "text": "acis no asarām kļūst valgas",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "humid, moist, damp, wet (having absorbed or containing moisture or vapor, being covered by some moisture)"
      ],
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "damp",
          "damp"
        ],
        [
          "wet",
          "wet"
        ],
        [
          "absorb",
          "absorb#English"
        ],
        [
          "contain",
          "contain#English"
        ],
        [
          "moisture",
          "moisture#English"
        ],
        [
          "vapor",
          "vapor#English"
        ],
        [
          "cover",
          "cover#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        {
          "english": "humid fog",
          "text": "valga migla",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "humid east wind",
          "text": "valgs rietumu vējš",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "humid breeze",
          "text": "valga vēsma",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "during the night, the air in the hut becomes humid from the humidity of the soil",
          "text": "gaiss būdā pa nakti kļūst valgs no zemes mitruma",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "humid, moist (containing more water vapor than usual)"
      ],
      "id": "en-valgs-lv-adj-99EiNF93",
      "links": [
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          "humid",
          "humid"
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        [
          "moist",
          "moist"
        ],
        [
          "contain",
          "contain#English"
        ],
        [
          "more",
          "more#English"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water#English"
        ],
        [
          "vapor",
          "vapor#English"
        ],
        [
          "usual",
          "usual#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[vālks]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mikls"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mitrs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "slapjš"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vilgs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 54",
      "sense": "dialectal terms",
      "word": "velgs"
    }
  ],
  "word": "valgs"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "sauss"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Latvian adjectives",
    "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latvian etymologies from LEV",
    "Latvian lemmas",
    "Latvian terms derived from Proto-Baltic",
    "Latvian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latvian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latvian words with level intonation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "valgans"
    },
    {
      "word": "valgme"
    },
    {
      "word": "valgums"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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        "2": "bat-pro",
        "3": "*walg-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Baltic *walg-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*welg-",
        "t": "humid"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *welg- (“humid”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "*wel- (“to press, to squeeze”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "g",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "*welk-",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "",
        "3": "k"
      },
      "expansion": "k",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "valkans",
        "3": "",
        "4": "wet and soft"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian valkans (“wet and soft”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "velgs"
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      "expansion": "velgs",
      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "vilgs"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to become moist, humid"
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      "expansion": "vilgt (“to become moist, humid”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "vìlgti",
        "t": "to become wet"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian vìlgti (“to become wet”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "vìlgyti"
      },
      "expansion": "vìlgyti",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "*volga",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *volga (“humidity, moisture”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "влага"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic влага (vlaga)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "влага"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian влага (vlaga)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bg",
        "2": "влага"
      },
      "expansion": "Bulgarian влага (vlaga)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "be",
        "2": "вільгаць"
      },
      "expansion": "Belarusian вільгаць (vilʹhacʹ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "волога"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian волога (voloha)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cs",
        "2": "vláha"
      },
      "expansion": "Czech vláha",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "wëlk",
        "t": "humid, soft"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wëlk (“humid, soft”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "welk",
        "t": "faded"
      },
      "expansion": "German welk (“faded”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "wolkan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wolkan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Wolke",
        "t": "cloud"
      },
      "expansion": "German Wolke (“cloud”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "txh",
        "2": "olgan(o)",
        "t": "humid"
      },
      "expansion": "Thracian olgan(o) (“humid”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Baltic *walg-, from the o-grade form of Proto-Indo-European *welg- (“humid”), from the stem *wel- (“to press, to squeeze”) with an extra g (a parallel form *welk- with k gave rise to Latvian valkans (“wet and soft”)). The semantic change was probably from “pressed, squeezed (so as to become soft)” > “soft (also from other reasons, e.g. humidity)” > “humid.” Other ablaut forms gave rise to dialectal synonymous forms like velgs and vilgs, as well as the standard term vilgt (“to become moist, humid”).\nCognates include Lithuanian vìlgti (“to become wet”), vìlgyti, Proto-Slavic *volga (“humidity, moisture”) (Old Church Slavonic влага (vlaga), Russian влага (vlaga), Bulgarian влага (vlaga), Belarusian вільгаць (vilʹhacʹ), Ukrainian волога (voloha), Czech vláha), Old High German wëlk (“humid, soft”), German welk (“faded”), Old High German wolkan, German Wolke (“cloud”), Thracian olgan(o) (“humid”).",
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      "form": "valgais",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "valgāks",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "visvalgākais",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "valgi",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lv-decl-adj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "valgs",
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        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "valgi",
      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "valga",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "valgas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "valgu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "valgus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "valgu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "valgas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "valga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "valgu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "valgas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "valgu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "valgam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "valgiem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "valgai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "valgām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "valgu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "valgiem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "valgu",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
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      "form": "valgām",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "valgā",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "valgos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "valgā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "valgās",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "10": "visvalgākais",
        "11": "adverb",
        "12": "valgi",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "definite",
        "6": "valgais",
        "7": "comparative",
        "8": "valgāks",
        "9": "superlative",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "valgs (definite valgais, comparative valgāks, superlative visvalgākais, adverb valgi)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "valg"
      },
      "expansion": "valgs (definite valgais, comparative valgāks, superlative visvalgākais, adverb valgi)",
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    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "valg",
        "extrawidth": "-100"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "vilgt"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "humid sand",
          "text": "valgas smiltis",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "humid earth",
          "text": "valga zeme",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "wet clay",
          "text": "valgs māls",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "humid, wet window pane",
          "text": "valga loga rūts",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "moist lips",
          "text": "valgas lūpas",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "damp, wet hair",
          "text": "valgi mati",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the soil where one grows tomatoes must be humid, but not wet",
          "text": "augsnei, kurā audzē tomātus, jābūt valgai, bet ne slapjai",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(his) eyes become moist with tears",
          "text": "acis no asarām kļūst valgas",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "humid, moist, damp, wet (having absorbed or containing moisture or vapor, being covered by some moisture)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humid",
          "humid"
        ],
        [
          "moist",
          "moist"
        ],
        [
          "damp",
          "damp"
        ],
        [
          "wet",
          "wet"
        ],
        [
          "absorb",
          "absorb#English"
        ],
        [
          "contain",
          "contain#English"
        ],
        [
          "moisture",
          "moisture#English"
        ],
        [
          "vapor",
          "vapor#English"
        ],
        [
          "cover",
          "cover#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "humid fog",
          "text": "valga migla",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "humid east wind",
          "text": "valgs rietumu vējš",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "humid breeze",
          "text": "valga vēsma",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "during the night, the air in the hut becomes humid from the humidity of the soil",
          "text": "gaiss būdā pa nakti kļūst valgs no zemes mitruma",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "humid, moist (containing more water vapor than usual)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humid",
          "humid"
        ],
        [
          "moist",
          "moist"
        ],
        [
          "contain",
          "contain#English"
        ],
        [
          "more",
          "more#English"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water#English"
        ],
        [
          "vapor",
          "vapor#English"
        ],
        [
          "usual",
          "usual#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[vālks]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "mikls"
    },
    {
      "word": "mitrs"
    },
    {
      "word": "slapjš"
    },
    {
      "sense": "dialectal terms",
      "word": "velgs"
    },
    {
      "word": "vilgs"
    }
  ],
  "word": "valgs"
}

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