"meija" meaning in Latvian

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Noun

Etymology: From Middle Dutch meye or Middle Low German meige ([meije], “decorated May tree; a green branch (for May festivities)”), the older sense of the word being the month of May. Etymology templates: {{bor|lv|dum|meye}} Middle Dutch meye, {{bor|lv|gml|meige|t=decorated May tree; a green branch (for May festivities)|tr=􂀿meije􂁀}} Middle Low German meige ([meije], “decorated May tree; a green branch (for May festivities)”), {{m|en|May}} May Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=}} meija f, {{lv-noun|f|4th}} meija f (4th declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|meij|a|4th|extrawidth=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-4|meij|a|4=|5=|6=|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|meija|meijas|meiju|meijas|meijas|meiju|meijai|meijām|meiju|meijām|meijā|meijās|meija|meijas|16=|type=4th declension|x=-60}} Forms: declension-4 [table-tags], meija [nominative, singular], meijas [nominative, plural], meiju [accusative, singular], meijas [accusative, plural], meijas [genitive, singular], meiju [genitive, plural], meijai [dative, singular], meijām [dative, plural], meiju [instrumental, singular], meijām [instrumental, plural], meijā [locative, singular], meijās [locative, plural], meija [singular, vocative], meijas [plural, vocative]
  1. (baby birches used to decorate the premises leading up to Midsummer festivities (Līgo)) Tags: declension-4, feminine Related terms: bērzs, kalmes, jāņuzāles

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