"stings" meaning in Latvian

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Adjective

IPA: [stīŋɡs]
Etymology: A parallel form to stingrs (“firm, strong, strict”), but without the r, both from the same stem as the verb stingt (“to harden, to stiffen”). Etymology templates: {{m|lv|stingrs||firm, strong, strict}} stingrs (“firm, strong, strict”), {{m|lv|stingt||to harden, to stiffen}} stingt (“to harden, to stiffen”) Head templates: {{head|lv|adjective|||definite|stingais|comparative|stingāks|superlative|visstingākais|adverb|stingi|cat2=|cat3=}} stings (definite stingais, comparative stingāks, superlative visstingākais, adverb stingi), {{lv-adj|sting}} stings (definite stingais, comparative stingāks, superlative visstingākais, adverb stingi) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-adj|sting|extrawidth=-100}} Forms: stingais [definite], stingāks [comparative], visstingākais [superlative], stingi [adverb], no-table-tags [table-tags], stings [indefinite, masculine, nominative, singular], stingi [indefinite, masculine, nominative, plural], stinga [feminine, indefinite, nominative, singular], stingas [feminine, indefinite, nominative, plural], stingu [accusative, indefinite, masculine, singular], stingus [accusative, indefinite, masculine, plural], stingu [accusative, feminine, indefinite, singular], stingas [accusative, feminine, indefinite, plural], stinga [genitive, indefinite, masculine, singular], stingu [genitive, indefinite, masculine, plural], stingas [feminine, genitive, indefinite, singular], stingu [feminine, genitive, indefinite, plural], stingam [dative, indefinite, masculine, singular], stingiem [dative, indefinite, masculine, plural], stingai [dative, feminine, indefinite, singular], stingām [dative, feminine, indefinite, plural], stingu [indefinite, instrumental, masculine, singular], stingiem [indefinite, instrumental, masculine, plural], stingu [feminine, indefinite, instrumental, singular], stingām [feminine, indefinite, instrumental, plural], stingā [indefinite, locative, masculine, singular], stingos [indefinite, locative, masculine, plural], stingā [feminine, indefinite, locative, singular], stingās [feminine, indefinite, locative, plural], - [indefinite, masculine, singular, vocative], - [indefinite, masculine, plural, vocative], - [feminine, indefinite, singular, vocative], - [feminine, indefinite, plural, vocative]
  1. hard, firm, stiff, rigid (characterized by hardness, also viscosity, usually at low temperatures or when some components evaporate)
    Sense id: en-stings-lv-adj-Y8hTus7Y Categories (other): Latvian words with level intonation Disambiguation of Latvian words with level intonation: 16 12 16 6 9 10 10 20
  2. (of people's or animals' bodies, their parts) hard, stiff, numb (having lost its usual strength or mobility because of low temperatures)
    Sense id: en-stings-lv-adj-oO5bnIQM Categories (other): Latvian words with level intonation Disambiguation of Latvian words with level intonation: 16 12 16 6 9 10 10 20
  3. (of plants, occasionally animals) stiff, hard, frozen (where life processes were interrupted or limited, usually in cold, frosty weather)
    Sense id: en-stings-lv-adj-oSac-R3v Categories (other): Latvian words with level intonation Disambiguation of Latvian words with level intonation: 16 12 16 6 9 10 10 20
  4. (of corpses) rigid, stiff
    Sense id: en-stings-lv-adj-TuOpG0PU
  5. (of places, environments, situations) rigid, stiff (without life, movement, sounds)
    Sense id: en-stings-lv-adj-Y6JzyMPa
  6. (of body parts, also facial expressions, looks) rigid, stiff (characterized by unchanging, fixed muscle positions)
    Sense id: en-stings-lv-adj-UDJ4zgak Categories (other): Latvian words with level intonation Disambiguation of Latvian words with level intonation: 16 12 16 6 9 10 10 20
  7. (physics) rigid (capable of resisting deformation) Categories (topical): Physics
    Sense id: en-stings-lv-adj-QvyiA~Q0 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
  8. (technology) rigid (built in such a way that its elements cannot displace each other) Categories (topical): Technology
    Sense id: en-stings-lv-adj-iSecqJwD 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: 12 17 8 4 8 11 10 30 Disambiguation of Latvian etymologies from LEV: 10 18 6 8 9 10 11 29 Disambiguation of Latvian words with level intonation: 16 12 16 6 9 10 10 20 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, technology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ciets, stingrs, stīvs Derived forms: stingums Related terms: stingrs, stingrums, stingrība, stingt

Inflected forms

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    }
  ],
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        "2": "stingrs",
        "3": "",
        "4": "firm, strong, strict"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "stingt",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to harden, to stiffen"
      },
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    }
  ],
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      "form": "stingais",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stingāks",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "visstingākais",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stingi",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lv-decl-adj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "stings",
      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "stinga",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stingas",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "stingus",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "stingu",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stingas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stinga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stingu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stingas",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stingu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stingam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stingiem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stingai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stingām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stingu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stingiem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stingu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stingām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stingā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stingos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stingā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stingās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "definite",
        "6": "stingais",
        "7": "comparative",
        "8": "stingāks",
        "9": "superlative",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": ""
      },
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    },
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    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "stingrs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "stingrums"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "stingrība"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "stingt"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 12 16 6 9 10 10 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian words with level intonation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "hard meat jelly",
          "text": "stings galerts",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "hard, rigid mass",
          "text": "stinga massa",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "rigid, thick cream",
          "text": "stingrs krēms",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "all around everything (was) frozen, hard and quiet",
          "text": "apkārt viss sasalis, stings un kluss",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hard, firm, stiff, rigid (characterized by hardness, also viscosity, usually at low temperatures or when some components evaporate)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ],
        [
          "firm",
          "firm"
        ],
        [
          "stiff",
          "stiff"
        ],
        [
          "rigid",
          "rigid"
        ],
        [
          "characterize",
          "characterize#English"
        ],
        [
          "hardness",
          "hardness#English"
        ],
        [
          "viscosity",
          "viscosity#English"
        ],
        [
          "usually",
          "usually#English"
        ],
        [
          "low",
          "low#English"
        ],
        [
          "temperature",
          "temperature#English"
        ],
        [
          "component",
          "component#English"
        ],
        [
          "evaporate",
          "evaporate#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 12 16 6 9 10 10 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian words with level intonation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "stiff, numb limbs",
          "text": "stingi locekļi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "salā stingiem pirkstiem brauc Džeks Londons suņu pajūga ― in the frost, Džeks Londons (Jack London) went with (his) numb fingers in a dog-pulled sled",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hard, stiff, numb (having lost its usual strength or mobility because of low temperatures)"
      ],
      "id": "en-stings-lv-adj-oO5bnIQM",
      "links": [
        [
          "people",
          "people#English"
        ],
        [
          "animals",
          "animals#English"
        ],
        [
          "bodies",
          "body#English"
        ],
        [
          "part",
          "part#English"
        ],
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ],
        [
          "stiff",
          "stiff"
        ],
        [
          "numb",
          "numb"
        ],
        [
          "having lost",
          "lose#English"
        ],
        [
          "usual",
          "usual#English"
        ],
        [
          "strength",
          "strength#English"
        ],
        [
          "mobility",
          "mobility#English"
        ],
        [
          "because of",
          "because of#English"
        ],
        [
          "low",
          "low#English"
        ],
        [
          "temperature",
          "temperature#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "their parts",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of people's or animals' bodies, their parts) hard, stiff, numb (having lost its usual strength or mobility because of low temperatures)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of people's or animals' bodies"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 12 16 6 9 10 10 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian words with level intonation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "stiff, frozen branches",
          "text": "stingi zari",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "stiff, frozen insect",
          "text": "stings kukainis",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stiff, hard, frozen (where life processes were interrupted or limited, usually in cold, frosty weather)"
      ],
      "id": "en-stings-lv-adj-oSac-R3v",
      "links": [
        [
          "plant",
          "plant#English"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal#English"
        ],
        [
          "stiff",
          "stiff"
        ],
        [
          "hard",
          "hard"
        ],
        [
          "frozen",
          "frozen"
        ],
        [
          "life",
          "life#English"
        ],
        [
          "process",
          "process#English"
        ],
        [
          "interrupt",
          "interrupt#English"
        ],
        [
          "limit",
          "limit#English"
        ],
        [
          "usually",
          "usually#English"
        ],
        [
          "cold",
          "cold#English"
        ],
        [
          "frosty",
          "frosty#English"
        ],
        [
          "weather",
          "weather#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "occasionally animals",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of plants, occasionally animals) stiff, hard, frozen (where life processes were interrupted or limited, usually in cold, frosty weather)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of plants"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "stiff, rigid dead body",
          "text": "stings mirušā ķermenis",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "it (was) difficult to look at (his) (dead) mother's rigid, stiff face",
          "text": "grūti paskatīties mātes stingajā sejā",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rigid, stiff"
      ],
      "id": "en-stings-lv-adj-TuOpG0PU",
      "links": [
        [
          "corpse",
          "corpse#English"
        ],
        [
          "rigid",
          "rigid"
        ],
        [
          "stiff",
          "stiff"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of corpses) rigid, stiff"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of corpses"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "at night, in the moonlight, everything became rigid, lifeless, as if blown by the breath of death",
          "text": "naktī mēness gaismā viss kļuva stings, nedzīvs, it kā ar nāves elpu apdvests",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rigid, stiff (without life, movement, sounds)"
      ],
      "id": "en-stings-lv-adj-Y6JzyMPa",
      "links": [
        [
          "place",
          "place#English"
        ],
        [
          "environment",
          "environment#English"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation#English"
        ],
        [
          "rigid",
          "rigid"
        ],
        [
          "stiff",
          "stiff"
        ],
        [
          "life",
          "life#English"
        ],
        [
          "movement",
          "movement#English"
        ],
        [
          "sound",
          "sound#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "environments; situations; environments; situations",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of places, environments, situations) rigid, stiff (without life, movement, sounds)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of places"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 12 16 6 9 10 10 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian words with level intonation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "rigid facial features",
          "text": "stingi sejas vaibsti",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "rigid posture",
          "text": "stinga poza",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "rigid look, stare",
          "text": "stings skatiens",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "in her eyes and rigid facial expression lay the unmistakable stamp of the all-knower (= one who thinks s/he knows everything)",
          "text": "viņas acīs un stingajā sejas izteiksmē gulēja nešaubīgs visa sapratējas un zinātājas zīmogs",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rigid, stiff (characterized by unchanging, fixed muscle positions)"
      ],
      "id": "en-stings-lv-adj-UDJ4zgak",
      "links": [
        [
          "body part",
          "body part#English"
        ],
        [
          "facial",
          "facial#English"
        ],
        [
          "expression",
          "expression#English"
        ],
        [
          "look",
          "look#English"
        ],
        [
          "rigid",
          "rigid"
        ],
        [
          "stiff",
          "stiff"
        ],
        [
          "characterize",
          "characterize#English"
        ],
        [
          "unchanging",
          "unchanging#English"
        ],
        [
          "fixed",
          "fixed#English"
        ],
        [
          "muscle",
          "muscle#English"
        ],
        [
          "position",
          "position#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "also facial expressions; looks; also facial expressions; looks",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of body parts, also facial expressions, looks) rigid, stiff (characterized by unchanging, fixed muscle positions)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of body parts"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Physics",
          "orig": "lv:Physics",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "rigid mateiral",
          "text": "stings materiāls",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "rigid physical body",
          "text": "stings fizikālais ķermenis",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rigid (capable of resisting deformation)"
      ],
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          "low#English"
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        [
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          "temperature#English"
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          "component#English"
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          "text": "stingi locekļi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "salā stingiem pirkstiem brauc Džeks Londons suņu pajūga ― in the frost, Džeks Londons (Jack London) went with (his) numb fingers in a dog-pulled sled",
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          "animals#English"
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        [
          "part",
          "part#English"
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          "hard"
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        [
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          "stiff"
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        [
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        ],
        [
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        [
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        [
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          "hard"
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        [
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        [
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        [
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        ],
        [
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        ],
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        },
        {
          "english": "it (was) difficult to look at (his) (dead) mother's rigid, stiff face",
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        }
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          "rigid"
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          "stiff"
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          "rigid"
        ],
        [
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          "stiff"
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        [
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        [
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          "english": "rigid facial features",
          "text": "stingi sejas vaibsti",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "rigid posture",
          "text": "stinga poza",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "rigid look, stare",
          "text": "stings skatiens",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "in her eyes and rigid facial expression lay the unmistakable stamp of the all-knower (= one who thinks s/he knows everything)",
          "text": "viņas acīs un stingajā sejas izteiksmē gulēja nešaubīgs visa sapratējas un zinātājas zīmogs",
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        }
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        [
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        [
          "look",
          "look#English"
        ],
        [
          "rigid",
          "rigid"
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        [
          "stiff",
          "stiff"
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        [
          "characterize",
          "characterize#English"
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        [
          "unchanging",
          "unchanging#English"
        ],
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          "fixed",
          "fixed#English"
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        [
          "muscle",
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        [
          "position",
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        ]
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      "qualifier": "also facial expressions; looks; also facial expressions; looks",
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          "english": "rigid mateiral",
          "text": "stings materiāls",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "rigid physical body",
          "text": "stings fizikālais ķermenis",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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          "physics",
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        [
          "rigid",
          "rigid"
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        [
          "capable",
          "capable#English"
        ],
        [
          "resist",
          "resist#English"
        ],
        [
          "deformation",
          "deformation#English"
        ]
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        "(physics) rigid (capable of resisting deformation)"
      ],
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        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
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    {
      "categories": [
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        {
          "english": "rigid grid, lattice",
          "text": "stings režģis",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "rigid tubular structure",
          "text": "stinga stieņu konstrukcija",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "rigid (built in such a way that its elements cannot displace each other)"
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          "technology",
          "technology"
        ],
        [
          "rigid",
          "rigid"
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        [
          "built",
          "build#English"
        ],
        [
          "such",
          "such#English"
        ],
        [
          "way",
          "way#English"
        ],
        [
          "element",
          "element#English"
        ],
        [
          "cannot",
          "cannot#English"
        ],
        [
          "displace",
          "displace#English"
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        [
          "each other",
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        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "technology"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[stīŋɡs]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ciets"
    },
    {
      "word": "stingrs"
    },
    {
      "word": "stīvs"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stings"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Latvian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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