"blāvs" meaning in Latvian

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Adjective

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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 (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, {{m|ine-bsl-pro|*blāwas}} *blāwas, {{der|lv|ine-pro|*bʰlew-}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰlew-, {{m|ine-pro|*bʰlēw-}} *bʰlēw-, {{m|ine-pro|*bʰlāw-}} *bʰlāw-, {{m|ine-pro|*bʰel-||shiny, white}} *bʰel- (“shiny, white”), {{cog|lv|balts||white}} Latvian balts (“white”), {{m|lv|blāvs}} blāvs, {{der|lv|gml|blā}} Middle Low German blā, {{m|gml|blāw}} blāw, {{cog|lt|blãvas}} Lithuanian blãvas, {{cog|lv|-}} Latvian, {{cog|lt|blãvas||pale}} Lithuanian blãvas (“pale”), {{m|lt|blausùs||cloudy; unclear, dim; gloomy; sleepy}} blausùs (“cloudy; unclear, dim; gloomy; sleepy”), {{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=}} blāvs (definite blāvais, comparative blāvāks, superlative visblāvākais, adverb blāvi), {{lv-adj|blāv}} blāvs (definite blāvais, comparative blāvāks, superlative visblāvākais, adverb blāvi) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-adj|blāv|extrawidth=-100}} Forms: blāvais [definite], blāvāks [comparative], visblāvākais [superlative], blāvi [adverb], no-table-tags [table-tags], blāvs [indefinite, masculine, nominative, singular], blāvi [indefinite, masculine, nominative, plural], blāva [feminine, indefinite, nominative, singular], blāvas [feminine, indefinite, nominative, plural], blāvu [accusative, indefinite, masculine, singular], blāvus [accusative, indefinite, masculine, plural], blāvu [accusative, feminine, indefinite, singular], blāvas [accusative, feminine, indefinite, plural], blāva [genitive, indefinite, masculine, singular], blāvu [genitive, indefinite, masculine, plural], blāvas [feminine, genitive, indefinite, singular], blāvu [feminine, genitive, indefinite, plural], blāvam [dative, indefinite, masculine, singular], blāviem [dative, indefinite, masculine, plural], blāvai [dative, feminine, indefinite, singular], blāvām [dative, feminine, indefinite, plural], blāvu [indefinite, instrumental, masculine, singular], blāviem [indefinite, instrumental, masculine, plural], blāvu [feminine, indefinite, instrumental, singular], blāvām [feminine, indefinite, instrumental, plural], blāvā [indefinite, locative, masculine, singular], blāvos [indefinite, locative, masculine, plural], blāvā [feminine, indefinite, locative, singular], blāvās [feminine, indefinite, locative, plural], - [indefinite, masculine, singular, vocative], - [indefinite, masculine, plural, vocative], - [feminine, indefinite, singular, vocative], - [feminine, indefinite, plural, vocative]
  1. (of light, light sources) dim, faint, wan (weak; proudicing only dim, faint light) Categories (topical): Light Synonyms (of "dim, faint"): bāls, krēslains
    Sense id: en-blāvs-lv-adj-jgl8O9jJ Disambiguation of Light: 46 0 53 Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian entries with topic categories using raw markup, Latvian etymologies from LEV, Latvian terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Latvian words with level intonation Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 56 11 33 Disambiguation of Latvian entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 17 30 Disambiguation of Latvian etymologies from LEV: 41 21 38 Disambiguation of Latvian terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 59 10 31 Disambiguation of Latvian words with level intonation: 44 14 43 Disambiguation of 'of "dim, faint"': 75 7 18
  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: 41 21 38 Disambiguation of Latvian words with level intonation: 44 14 43
  3. dull, lackluster (not shiny, not emitting or reflecting (much) light; pale, whitish) Categories (topical): Light
    Sense id: en-blāvs-lv-adj-IhT~isgY Disambiguation of Light: 46 0 53 Categories (other): Latvian etymologies from LEV, Latvian words with level intonation Disambiguation of Latvian etymologies from LEV: 41 21 38 Disambiguation of Latvian words with level intonation: 44 14 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (of "dull, not clear, not shiny"): nespodrs, necaurredzams, necaurspīdīgs Derived forms: blāvums Related terms: blāvot
Disambiguation of 'of "dull, not clear, not shiny"': 8 44 48

Inflected forms

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  "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"
    }
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      },
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    },
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      },
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        "2": "*bʰel-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "shiny, white"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "balts",
        "3": "",
        "4": "white"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      },
      "expansion": "blāvs",
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        "1": "lv",
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        "3": "blā"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German blā",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "blāw"
      },
      "expansion": "blāw",
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        "2": "blãvas"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian blãvas",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "-"
      },
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "blãvas",
        "3": "",
        "4": "pale"
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      "expansion": "Lithuanian blãvas (“pale”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "blausùs",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cloudy; unclear, dim; gloomy; sleepy"
      },
      "expansion": "blausùs (“cloudy; unclear, dim; gloomy; sleepy”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "blāo",
        "3": "",
        "4": "blue; yellow"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "blau",
        "3": "",
        "4": "blue"
      },
      "expansion": "German blau (“blue”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "flāvus",
        "3": "",
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      },
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    }
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      "form": "blāvais",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvāks",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "visblāvākais",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvi",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        "indefinite",
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "blāvus",
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        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "blāva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvu",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvas",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāviem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāviem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "definite",
        "6": "blāvais",
        "7": "comparative",
        "8": "blāvāks",
        "9": "superlative",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": ""
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      "expansion": "blāvs (definite blāvais, comparative blāvāks, superlative visblāvākais, adverb blāvi)",
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    },
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    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "blāv",
        "extrawidth": "-100"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "blāvot"
    }
  ],
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          "kind": "other",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 0 53",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Light",
          "orig": "lv:Light",
          "parents": [
            "Energy",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "dim (light) bulb",
          "text": "blāva spuldze",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "dim moon",
          "text": "blāvs mēness",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "dim light",
          "text": "blāva gaisma",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "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",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dim, faint, wan (weak; proudicing only dim, faint light)"
      ],
      "id": "en-blāvs-lv-adj-jgl8O9jJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "light",
          "light#English"
        ],
        [
          "source",
          "source#English"
        ],
        [
          "dim",
          "dim"
        ],
        [
          "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)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of light"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "75 7 18",
          "sense": "of \"dim, faint\"",
          "word": "bāls"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 7 18",
          "sense": "of \"dim, faint\"",
          "word": "krēslains"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian etymologies from LEV",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 14 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian words with level intonation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "dull, translucid glass vase",
          "text": "blāva stikla vāze",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "behind the dull, dust-covered (window) pane flashed a smiling girl's face",
          "text": "aiz blāvās, putekļu klātās rūts pazibēja smaidīga meitenes seja",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dull (not transparent, not clear)"
      ],
      "id": "en-blāvs-lv-adj-24pv5qGG",
      "links": [
        [
          "dull",
          "dull"
        ],
        [
          "transparent",
          "transparent#English"
        ],
        [
          "clear",
          "clear#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "41 21 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian etymologies from LEV",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 14 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian words with level intonation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 0 53",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Light",
          "orig": "lv:Light",
          "parents": [
            "Energy",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "pale colors",
          "text": "blāvās krāsas",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I look into Harijs' eyes; but today they are dull",
          "text": "Es ieskatos Harijam acīs; bet šodien tās ir blāvas",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dull, lackluster (not shiny, not emitting or reflecting (much) light; pale, whitish)"
      ],
      "id": "en-blāvs-lv-adj-IhT~isgY",
      "links": [
        [
          "dull",
          "dull"
        ],
        [
          "lackluster",
          "lackluster"
        ],
        [
          "shiny",
          "shiny#English"
        ],
        [
          "emit",
          "emit#English"
        ],
        [
          "reflect",
          "reflect#English"
        ],
        [
          "much",
          "much#English"
        ],
        [
          "light",
          "light#English"
        ],
        [
          "pale",
          "pale#English"
        ],
        [
          "whitish",
          "whitish#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[blāːws]"
    },
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      "audio": "lv-riga-blāvs.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/65/Lv-riga-bl%C4%81vs.ogg/Lv-riga-bl%C4%81vs.ogg.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "8 44 48",
      "sense": "of \"dull, not clear, not shiny\"",
      "word": "nespodrs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 44 48",
      "sense": "of \"dull, not clear, not shiny\"",
      "word": "necaurredzams"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "8 44 48",
      "sense": "of \"dull, not clear, not shiny\"",
      "word": "necaurspīdīgs"
    }
  ],
  "word": "blāvs"
}

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  "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"
    }
  ],
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    "Latvian adjectives",
    "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latvian entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Latvian etymologies from LEV",
    "Latvian lemmas",
    "Latvian terms derived from Middle Low German",
    "Latvian terms derived from Proto-Baltic",
    "Latvian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latvian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latvian terms with audio links",
    "Latvian terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Latvian words with level intonation",
    "lv:Light"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "blāvums"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "bat-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Baltic",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "2": "*blāwas"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰlew-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*bʰlēw-"
      },
      "expansion": "*bʰlēw-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*bʰlāw-"
      },
      "expansion": "*bʰlāw-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*bʰel-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "shiny, white"
      },
      "expansion": "*bʰel- (“shiny, white”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "balts",
        "3": "",
        "4": "white"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian balts (“white”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "blāvs"
      },
      "expansion": "blāvs",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "blā"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German blā",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gml",
        "2": "blāw"
      },
      "expansion": "blāw",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "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"
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      "expansion": "Lithuanian blãvas (“pale”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "blausùs",
        "3": "",
        "4": "cloudy; unclear, dim; gloomy; sleepy"
      },
      "expansion": "blausùs (“cloudy; unclear, dim; gloomy; sleepy”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvāks",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "visblāvākais",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvi",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lv-decl-adj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāviem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāviem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "blāvām",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "blāvā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blāvās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "definite",
        "6": "blāvais",
        "7": "comparative",
        "8": "blāvāks",
        "9": "superlative",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blāv"
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    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "blāv",
        "extrawidth": "-100"
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "blāvot"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "dim (light) bulb",
          "text": "blāva spuldze",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "dim moon",
          "text": "blāvs mēness",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "dim light",
          "text": "blāva gaisma",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "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",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dim, faint, wan (weak; proudicing only dim, faint light)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "light",
          "light#English"
        ],
        [
          "source",
          "source#English"
        ],
        [
          "dim",
          "dim"
        ],
        [
          "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)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of light"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "dull, translucid glass vase",
          "text": "blāva stikla vāze",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "behind the dull, dust-covered (window) pane flashed a smiling girl's face",
          "text": "aiz blāvās, putekļu klātās rūts pazibēja smaidīga meitenes seja",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dull (not transparent, not clear)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dull",
          "dull"
        ],
        [
          "transparent",
          "transparent#English"
        ],
        [
          "clear",
          "clear#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "pale colors",
          "text": "blāvās krāsas",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I look into Harijs' eyes; but today they are dull",
          "text": "Es ieskatos Harijam acīs; bet šodien tās ir blāvas",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dull, lackluster (not shiny, not emitting or reflecting (much) light; pale, whitish)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dull",
          "dull"
        ],
        [
          "lackluster",
          "lackluster"
        ],
        [
          "shiny",
          "shiny#English"
        ],
        [
          "emit",
          "emit#English"
        ],
        [
          "reflect",
          "reflect#English"
        ],
        [
          "much",
          "much#English"
        ],
        [
          "light",
          "light#English"
        ],
        [
          "pale",
          "pale#English"
        ],
        [
          "whitish",
          "whitish#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[blāːws]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "lv-riga-blāvs.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/65/Lv-riga-bl%C4%81vs.ogg/Lv-riga-bl%C4%81vs.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lv-riga-bl%C4%81vs.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "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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