"laime" meaning in Latvian

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Noun

IPA: [lāīmɛ] Audio: lv-riga-laime.ogg
Etymology: From the same Proto-Indo-European stem as the verb laist (“to let, to allow”) (q.v.): *laid-mē > laime. The verb laist can also mean “to give, to grant,” which would suggest for laime the original meaning of “given, granted (thing),” which could be either positive or negative, i.e., “fate,” a meaning with which laime can be found in folk songs and tales, and in occasional modern phrases like laba laime “good luck.” In common usage, however, the meaning of laime developed from “fate” to “good, happy fate,” “happiness.” Cognates include Lithuanian láimė, Old Prussian laeims ([laims], “rich”), laimiskan (“abundant[acc.]”). Etymology templates: {{uder|lv|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European, {{cog|lt|láimė}} Lithuanian láimė, {{cog|prg|laeims||rich|tr=􂀿laims􂁀}} Old Prussian laeims ([laims], “rich”) Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=}} laime f, {{lv-noun|f|5th}} laime f (5th declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|lai|e|5th||m|mj}}, {{lv-decl-noun-5|lai|e|4=|5=m|6=mj|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=0}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|laime|laimes|laimi|laimes|laimes|laimju|laimei|laimēm|laimi|laimēm|laimē|laimēs|laime|laimes|type=5th declension|x=0}} Forms: declension-5 [table-tags], laime [nominative, singular], laimes [nominative, plural], laimi [accusative, singular], laimes [accusative, plural], laimes [genitive, singular], laimju [genitive, plural], laimei [dative, singular], laimēm [dative, plural], laimi [instrumental, singular], laimēm [instrumental, plural], laimē [locative, singular], laimēs [locative, plural], laime [singular, vocative], laimes [plural, vocative]
  1. (only singular) happiness (mental and emotional state denoting harmony with the internal and external worlds; the quality of one who is happy) Tags: declension-5, feminine, singular
    Sense id: en-laime-lv-noun-3CBbqKBd Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian etymologies from LEV, Latvian undefined derivations, Latvian words with level intonation, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 40 13 28 19 Disambiguation of Latvian etymologies from LEV: 41 15 29 15 Disambiguation of Latvian undefined derivations: 42 13 27 18 Disambiguation of Latvian words with level intonation: 33 16 38 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 36 10 30 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 10 31 17
  2. (only singular) (good) luck, (good) fortune, chance (an accidental set of favorable circumstances) Tags: declension-5, feminine, singular
    Sense id: en-laime-lv-noun-BPGoUMVE Categories (other): Latvian words with level intonation Disambiguation of Latvian words with level intonation: 33 16 38 13
  3. luck, fate (a traditional form of divination, typical of New Year, based on the shapes made by molten metal — lead, tin — in water) Tags: declension-5, feminine
    Sense id: en-laime-lv-noun-rhSCEUg0 Categories (other): Latvian words with level intonation, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Latvian words with level intonation: 33 16 38 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 36 10 30 25
  4. lilac flower with more than four corollas, or shamrock with more than three petals, both believed to bring good luck Tags: declension-5, feminine
    Sense id: en-laime-lv-noun-ZY5iW-GT Categories (other): Latvian words with level intonation, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Latvian words with level intonation: 33 16 38 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 36 10 30 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: prieks, dzīvesprieks, laima [dialectal] Derived forms: laimība, laimīgs

Inflected forms

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    {
      "word": "bēdas"
    },
    {
      "word": "bēdīgums"
    },
    {
      "word": "drūmums"
    },
    {
      "word": "nelaime"
    },
    {
      "word": "nomaktība"
    },
    {
      "word": "skumjas"
    },
    {
      "word": "skumjums"
    },
    {
      "word": "skumīgums"
    },
    {
      "word": "skumība"
    },
    {
      "word": "sērība"
    },
    {
      "word": "sērīgums"
    },
    {
      "word": "sērums"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "laimība"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    }
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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        "inflection-template"
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "laimes",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "laimei",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "laimēm",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laimi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "laimēm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laimē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laimēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laime",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laimes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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        "1": "f",
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      },
      "expansion": "laime f (5th declension)",
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    }
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        "2": "e",
        "3": "5th",
        "4": "",
        "5": "m",
        "6": "mj"
      },
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    },
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        "1": "lai",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "m",
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        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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        "keep-s": "",
        "x": "0"
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        "13": "laime",
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        "2": "laimes",
        "3": "laimi",
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        "5": "laimes",
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        "7": "laimei",
        "8": "laimēm",
        "9": "laimi",
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        "x": "0"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
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        {
          "english": "to wish happiness, success",
          "text": "vēlēt laimes",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(I wish you) lots of happiness!",
          "text": "daudz laimes!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to be giddy with happiness",
          "text": "apreibt no laimes",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "lift (your) eyes to the land of happiness",
          "text": "acis paceliet uz laimes zemi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the actress was as if in wings, and, beaming with happiness, she started her work",
          "text": "aktrise bija kā sparnos un, laimē starodama, stājās pie darba",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "happiness (mental and emotional state denoting harmony with the internal and external worlds; the quality of one who is happy)"
      ],
      "id": "en-laime-lv-noun-3CBbqKBd",
      "links": [
        [
          "happiness",
          "happiness"
        ],
        [
          "mental",
          "mental#English"
        ],
        [
          "emotional",
          "emotional#English"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state#English"
        ],
        [
          "denoting",
          "denote#English"
        ],
        [
          "harmony",
          "harmony#English"
        ],
        [
          "internal",
          "internal#English"
        ],
        [
          "external",
          "external#English"
        ],
        [
          "world",
          "world#English"
        ],
        [
          "quality",
          "quality#English"
        ],
        [
          "happy",
          "happy#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(only singular) happiness (mental and emotional state denoting harmony with the internal and external worlds; the quality of one who is happy)"
      ],
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        "declension-5",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
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        {
          "english": "blind luck",
          "text": "akla laime",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to rely on luck",
          "text": "paļauties uz laimi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "fortunately, luckily (lit. by luck)",
          "text": "par laimi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the wheel of fortune",
          "text": "laimes rats",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "game of chance",
          "text": "laimes spēle",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "how lucky that I met you tonight",
          "text": "kāda laime, ka es tevi šovakar satiku",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "see how lucky you were: the first to catch a fish",
          "text": "redz nu, kāda tev laime: primais noķēri zivi",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(good) luck, (good) fortune, chance (an accidental set of favorable circumstances)"
      ],
      "id": "en-laime-lv-noun-BPGoUMVE",
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        [
          "fortune",
          "fortune"
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        [
          "chance",
          "chance"
        ],
        [
          "accidental",
          "accidental#English"
        ],
        [
          "set",
          "set#English"
        ],
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          "favorable",
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        [
          "circumstance",
          "circumstance#English"
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        "(only singular) (good) luck, (good) fortune, chance (an accidental set of favorable circumstances)"
      ],
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        "declension-5",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
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        {
          "english": "New Year's luck",
          "text": "Jaungada laime",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "after dinner they arranged to pour fates (i.e., molten metal into water); little Ilze, with foresight, had already supplied herself with lead",
          "text": "pēc vakariņam norunāja liet laimes, un visi pārgāja uz virtuvi; Ilzīte jau tālredzīgi bija apgādājusies ar svinu",
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          "fate",
          "fate"
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        [
          "traditional",
          "traditional#English"
        ],
        [
          "form",
          "form#English"
        ],
        [
          "divination",
          "divination#English"
        ],
        [
          "typical",
          "typical#English"
        ],
        [
          "New Year",
          "New Year#English"
        ],
        [
          "base",
          "base#English"
        ],
        [
          "shape",
          "shape#English"
        ],
        [
          "molten",
          "molten#English"
        ],
        [
          "metal",
          "metal#English"
        ],
        [
          "lead",
          "lead#English"
        ],
        [
          "tin",
          "tin#English"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
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    },
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        {
          "english": "I found one lucky flower: eight petals!",
          "text": "es atradu vienu laimes zidu: astoņas lapas!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "they went by a big, velvety violet lilac bush; Ieva stops, (her) eyes quickly run over several flower branches: “thirteen!” she exclaims. “So many lucky flowers! Such (= So many) I found only in my youth.”",
          "text": "viņas iet tuvu garām lielam, samtaini mēļam ceriņkrūmam; Ieva apstājas, acīm ātri pārskrej dažus ziedu zarus: “trīspadsmit!” viņa iesaucas. “Tik daudz laimju! tādas es atradu tikai jaunībā.”",
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        "lilac flower with more than four corollas, or shamrock with more than three petals, both believed to bring good luck"
      ],
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          "more",
          "more"
        ],
        [
          "four",
          "four"
        ],
        [
          "corolla",
          "corolla"
        ],
        [
          "shamrock",
          "shamrock"
        ],
        [
          "three",
          "three"
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          "petal"
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          "believe",
          "believe"
        ],
        [
          "bring",
          "bring"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
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        [
          "luck",
          "luck"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-5",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "[lāīmɛ]"
    },
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prieks"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dzīvesprieks"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "laima"
    }
  ],
  "word": "laime"
}
{
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    {
      "word": "bēdas"
    },
    {
      "word": "bēdīgums"
    },
    {
      "word": "drūmums"
    },
    {
      "word": "nelaime"
    },
    {
      "word": "nomaktība"
    },
    {
      "word": "skumjas"
    },
    {
      "word": "skumjums"
    },
    {
      "word": "skumīgums"
    },
    {
      "word": "skumība"
    },
    {
      "word": "sērība"
    },
    {
      "word": "sērīgums"
    },
    {
      "word": "sērums"
    }
  ],
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    "Latvian noun forms",
    "Latvian nouns",
    "Latvian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latvian undefined derivations",
    "Latvian words with level intonation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "laimība"
    },
    {
      "word": "laimīgs"
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  "etymology_text": "From the same Proto-Indo-European stem as the verb laist (“to let, to allow”) (q.v.): *laid-mē > laime. The verb laist can also mean “to give, to grant,” which would suggest for laime the original meaning of “given, granted (thing),” which could be either positive or negative, i.e., “fate,” a meaning with which laime can be found in folk songs and tales, and in occasional modern phrases like laba laime “good luck.” In common usage, however, the meaning of laime developed from “fate” to “good, happy fate,” “happiness.” Cognates include Lithuanian láimė, Old Prussian laeims ([laims], “rich”), laimiskan (“abundant[acc.]”).",
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      "form": "declension-5",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lv-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "5th declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laime",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laimes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laimi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laimes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laimes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laimju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laimei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laimēm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laimi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laimēm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laimē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laimēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laime",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laimes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "laime f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "5th"
      },
      "expansion": "laime f (5th declension)",
      "name": "lv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lai",
        "2": "e",
        "3": "5th",
        "4": "",
        "5": "m",
        "6": "mj"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lai",
        "2": "e",
        "4": "",
        "5": "m",
        "6": "mj",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "drop-v": "",
        "keep-s": "",
        "x": "0"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun-5"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "laime",
        "10": "laimēm",
        "11": "laimē",
        "12": "laimēs",
        "13": "laime",
        "14": "laimes",
        "2": "laimes",
        "3": "laimi",
        "4": "laimes",
        "5": "laimes",
        "6": "laimju",
        "7": "laimei",
        "8": "laimēm",
        "9": "laimi",
        "type": "5th declension",
        "x": "0"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to wish happiness, success",
          "text": "vēlēt laimes",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(I wish you) lots of happiness!",
          "text": "daudz laimes!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to be giddy with happiness",
          "text": "apreibt no laimes",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "lift (your) eyes to the land of happiness",
          "text": "acis paceliet uz laimes zemi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the actress was as if in wings, and, beaming with happiness, she started her work",
          "text": "aktrise bija kā sparnos un, laimē starodama, stājās pie darba",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "happiness (mental and emotional state denoting harmony with the internal and external worlds; the quality of one who is happy)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "happiness",
          "happiness"
        ],
        [
          "mental",
          "mental#English"
        ],
        [
          "emotional",
          "emotional#English"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state#English"
        ],
        [
          "denoting",
          "denote#English"
        ],
        [
          "harmony",
          "harmony#English"
        ],
        [
          "internal",
          "internal#English"
        ],
        [
          "external",
          "external#English"
        ],
        [
          "world",
          "world#English"
        ],
        [
          "quality",
          "quality#English"
        ],
        [
          "happy",
          "happy#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(only singular) happiness (mental and emotional state denoting harmony with the internal and external worlds; the quality of one who is happy)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-5",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "blind luck",
          "text": "akla laime",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to rely on luck",
          "text": "paļauties uz laimi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "fortunately, luckily (lit. by luck)",
          "text": "par laimi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the wheel of fortune",
          "text": "laimes rats",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "game of chance",
          "text": "laimes spēle",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "how lucky that I met you tonight",
          "text": "kāda laime, ka es tevi šovakar satiku",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "see how lucky you were: the first to catch a fish",
          "text": "redz nu, kāda tev laime: primais noķēri zivi",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(good) luck, (good) fortune, chance (an accidental set of favorable circumstances)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "luck",
          "luck"
        ],
        [
          "fortune",
          "fortune"
        ],
        [
          "chance",
          "chance"
        ],
        [
          "accidental",
          "accidental#English"
        ],
        [
          "set",
          "set#English"
        ],
        [
          "favorable",
          "favorable#English"
        ],
        [
          "circumstance",
          "circumstance#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(only singular) (good) luck, (good) fortune, chance (an accidental set of favorable circumstances)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-5",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "New Year's luck",
          "text": "Jaungada laime",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "after dinner they arranged to pour fates (i.e., molten metal into water); little Ilze, with foresight, had already supplied herself with lead",
          "text": "pēc vakariņam norunāja liet laimes, un visi pārgāja uz virtuvi; Ilzīte jau tālredzīgi bija apgādājusies ar svinu",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "luck, fate (a traditional form of divination, typical of New Year, based on the shapes made by molten metal — lead, tin — in water)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "luck",
          "luck"
        ],
        [
          "fate",
          "fate"
        ],
        [
          "traditional",
          "traditional#English"
        ],
        [
          "form",
          "form#English"
        ],
        [
          "divination",
          "divination#English"
        ],
        [
          "typical",
          "typical#English"
        ],
        [
          "New Year",
          "New Year#English"
        ],
        [
          "base",
          "base#English"
        ],
        [
          "shape",
          "shape#English"
        ],
        [
          "molten",
          "molten#English"
        ],
        [
          "metal",
          "metal#English"
        ],
        [
          "lead",
          "lead#English"
        ],
        [
          "tin",
          "tin#English"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-5",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I found one lucky flower: eight petals!",
          "text": "es atradu vienu laimes zidu: astoņas lapas!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "they went by a big, velvety violet lilac bush; Ieva stops, (her) eyes quickly run over several flower branches: “thirteen!” she exclaims. “So many lucky flowers! Such (= So many) I found only in my youth.”",
          "text": "viņas iet tuvu garām lielam, samtaini mēļam ceriņkrūmam; Ieva apstājas, acīm ātri pārskrej dažus ziedu zarus: “trīspadsmit!” viņa iesaucas. “Tik daudz laimju! tādas es atradu tikai jaunībā.”",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lilac flower with more than four corollas, or shamrock with more than three petals, both believed to bring good luck"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lilac",
          "lilac"
        ],
        [
          "flower",
          "flower"
        ],
        [
          "more",
          "more"
        ],
        [
          "four",
          "four"
        ],
        [
          "corolla",
          "corolla"
        ],
        [
          "shamrock",
          "shamrock"
        ],
        [
          "three",
          "three"
        ],
        [
          "petal",
          "petal"
        ],
        [
          "believe",
          "believe"
        ],
        [
          "bring",
          "bring"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "luck",
          "luck"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-5",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[lāīmɛ]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "lv-riga-laime.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/60/Lv-riga-laime.ogg/Lv-riga-laime.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Lv-riga-laime.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "prieks"
    },
    {
      "word": "dzīvesprieks"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "laima"
    }
  ],
  "word": "laime"
}

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