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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "augsts"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "zemisks"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "zemiskums"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "zemūdene"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "zemums"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "zemup"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "zeme",
"3": "",
"4": "land"
},
"expansion": "zeme (“land”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "žẽmas"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian žẽmas",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "prg",
"2": "semmai"
},
"expansion": "Old Prussian semmai",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From the same stem as zeme (“land”), of which it is an adjectival form. Cognates include Lithuanian žẽmas, Old Prussian semmai (adveribal form).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "zemais",
"tags": [
"definite"
]
},
{
"form": "zemāks",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "viszemākais",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "zemu",
"tags": [
"adverb"
]
},
{
"form": "zemi",
"tags": [
"adverb"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "lv-decl-adj",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "zems",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "zemi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "zema",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "zemas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "zemu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "zemus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "zemu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "zemas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "zema",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "zemu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "zemas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "zemu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "zemam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "zemiem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "zemai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "zemām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "zemu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "zemiem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "zemu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "zemām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "zemā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"locative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "zemos",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"locative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "zemā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "zemās",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"10": "viszemākais",
"11": "adverb",
"12": "zemu, zemi",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "definite",
"6": "zemais",
"7": "comparative",
"8": "zemāks",
"9": "superlative",
"cat2": "",
"cat3": ""
},
"expansion": "zems (definite zemais, comparative zemāks, superlative viszemākais, adverb zemu, zemi)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "zem",
"adv": "zemu, zemi"
},
"expansion": "zems (definite zemais, comparative zemāks, superlative viszemākais, adverb zemu, zemi)",
"name": "lv-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zem",
"extrawidth": "-100"
},
"name": "lv-decl-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "zem"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "zeme"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "leja"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lejā"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "lejup"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "low bench, table",
"text": "zems sols, galds",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low bed, fence",
"text": "zema gulta, sēta",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low hill",
"text": "zems pakalns",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low stairs",
"text": "zemi pakāpieni",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "boots with low heels",
"text": "zābaki ar zemiem papēžiem",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the landlady is short and round like a tea rose bush",
"text": "saimniece ir zema un kupla kā tējas rožu krūms",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the barn door was low; (when) going out, (one) had to bend",
"text": "durvis šķūnim bija zemas; izejot vajadzēja stipri saliekties",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"low, short (having relatively little distance from top to bottom; having low height)"
],
"id": "en-zems-lv-adj-6yU~3Nu3",
"links": [
[
"low",
"low"
],
[
"short",
"short"
],
[
"relatively",
"relatively#English"
],
[
"little",
"little#English"
],
[
"distance",
"distance#English"
],
[
"top",
"top#English"
],
[
"bottom",
"bottom#English"
],
[
"low",
"low#English"
],
[
"height",
"height#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "low birch tree",
"text": "zemais bērzs",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low cherry trees",
"text": "zemie ķirši",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "most of our cultures of apple trees have developed from low apple trees (that) grow in Southern Europe",
"text": "vairums mūsu kultūras ābeļu cēlušās no Dienvideiropā augošās zemās ābeles",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"low (having lower height than the average individual of its type)"
],
"id": "en-zems-lv-adj-UDpVdkIK",
"links": [
[
"low",
"low"
],
[
"lower",
"lower#English"
],
[
"height",
"height#English"
],
[
"average",
"average#English"
],
[
"individual",
"individual#English"
],
[
"type",
"type#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "a barn with low beams",
"text": "klēts ar zemām sijām",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "over the sea, from the coast side, low clouds were coming",
"text": "pāri jūrai uz krasta pusi nāca zemi mākoņi",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"low (located relatively close to the floor, or to the ground, a surface of water, etc.)"
],
"id": "en-zems-lv-adj-Ns37eUQB",
"links": [
[
"low",
"low"
],
[
"locate",
"locate#English"
],
[
"relatively",
"relatively#English"
],
[
"close",
"close#English"
],
[
"floor",
"floor#English"
],
[
"ground",
"ground#English"
],
[
"surface",
"surface#English"
],
[
"water",
"water#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "2 3 9 11 1 1 9 2 15 14 9 9 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "the low winter sun shone coldly between the trees",
"text": "zemā ziemas saule auksti spīdēja starp kokiem",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"low (located close to the horizon)"
],
"id": "en-zems-lv-adj-YWsm7Ubf",
"links": [
[
"low",
"low"
],
[
"locate",
"locate#English"
],
[
"close",
"close#English"
],
[
"horizon",
"horizon#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "low meadow",
"text": "zema pļava",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "when one goes across the river, (there) starts a low plain, covered with small alder trees",
"text": "kad pāriet pār upi, sākas zems, sīkiem alkšņiem klāts līdzenums",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"low (situated at a level below that of the rest of the landscape)"
],
"id": "en-zems-lv-adj-efdsE9oq",
"links": [
[
"low",
"low"
],
[
"situate",
"situate#English"
],
[
"level",
"level#English"
],
[
"below",
"below#English"
],
[
"rest",
"rest#English"
],
[
"landscape",
"landscape#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "low milk yield",
"text": "zems piena izslaukums",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low prices",
"text": "zemas cenas",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low pressure",
"text": "zems spiediens",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low voltage (lit. low current tension)",
"text": "zems strāvas spriegums",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low temperature",
"text": "zema temperatūra",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low air humidity",
"text": "zems gaisa mitrums",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low prestige",
"text": "zems prestižs",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low quality",
"text": "zema kvalitāte",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low service level",
"text": "zema dienesta pakāpe",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low requirements",
"text": "zemas prasības",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the sailors and other ship workers have low wages",
"text": "matrožiem un citiem kuģa strādniekiem ir zemas algas",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"low, small, not important; not reaching the normal level"
],
"id": "en-zems-lv-adj-Wk84R1y7",
"links": [
[
"low",
"low"
],
[
"small",
"small"
],
[
"important",
"important"
],
[
"reach",
"reach"
],
[
"normal",
"normal"
],
[
"level",
"level"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "low level of culture",
"text": "zems kultūras līmenis",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low level of life",
"text": "zems dzīves līmenis",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low education",
"text": "zema iglītība",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the president is talking about the low level of discipline",
"text": "priekšsēdētājs runā par zemu darba disciplīnu",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"low (not satisfying certain requirements or expectations)"
],
"id": "en-zems-lv-adj-XVbpF6S8",
"links": [
[
"low",
"low"
],
[
"satisfy",
"satisfy#English"
],
[
"certain",
"certain#English"
],
[
"requirement",
"requirement#English"
],
[
"expectation",
"expectation#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "low (= unimportant) office, position",
"text": "zems amats",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low class people",
"text": "zemas kārtas ļaudis",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "uz Ģertrūdes ielas es panācu pusmūža vīrieti, kādu zemu ierēdni ― on Ģertrūde street I met a middle-aged man, some low official",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"low (not having an respectable or important position in society, at work, etc.)"
],
"id": "en-zems-lv-adj-ZZVELUiL",
"links": [
[
"people",
"people"
],
[
"low",
"low"
],
[
"respectable",
"respectable#English"
],
[
"important",
"important#English"
],
[
"position",
"position#English"
],
[
"society",
"society#English"
],
[
"work",
"work#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of people) low (not having an respectable or important position in society, at work, etc.)"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of people"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "2 3 9 11 1 1 9 2 15 14 9 9 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "my life, you call it shallow, low",
"text": "mana dzīve, tu to par seklu nosauci, par zemu",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "let the mind resolve the lower things, the higher ones will be resolved by the caprices of fate",
"text": "prāts lai zemākās lietas šķir, augstās šķir likteņa iegriba!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"low, shallow, unworthy, unimportant"
],
"id": "en-zems-lv-adj-hPyjEzoo",
"links": [
[
"low",
"low"
],
[
"shallow",
"shallow"
],
[
"unworthy",
"unworthy"
],
[
"unimportant",
"unimportant"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "2 3 9 11 1 1 9 2 15 14 9 9 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 3 5 9 2 2 5 2 14 18 11 7 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latvian etymologies from LEV",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "low style words",
"text": "“zemā stila” vārdi",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"low (not respectful; not following accepted norms)"
],
"id": "en-zems-lv-adj-Zli6Xsbm",
"links": [
[
"low",
"low"
],
[
"respectful",
"respectful#English"
],
[
"follow",
"follow#English"
],
[
"accept",
"accept#English"
],
[
"norm",
"norm#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "lv",
"name": "Music",
"orig": "lv:Music",
"parents": [
"Art",
"Sound",
"Culture",
"Energy",
"Society",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "low alto",
"text": "zemais alts",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low do (= low C)",
"text": "zemais do",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "she had a deep, quiet voice",
"text": "viņai bija zema un klusa balss",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "(when) singing in the low=sound chest register, the singer must first have the feeling that the sound arises and echoes in (his) chest",
"text": "dziedot zemās skaņas krūšu reģistrā, dziedātājam vispirms jābūt sajūtai, ka skaņa it kā rodas un atbalsojas krūtīs",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"low, deep (having sounds from the lower octaves)"
],
"id": "en-zems-lv-adj-pMt4s6LK",
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"low",
"low"
],
[
"deep",
"deep"
],
[
"sound",
"sound#English"
],
[
"lower",
"lower#English"
],
[
"octave",
"octave#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "notes; voices; notes; voices",
"raw_glosses": [
"(music, notes, voices) low, deep (having sounds from the lower octaves)"
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "low estimation, opinion",
"text": "zems novērtējums",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to evaluate an opponent as low (= unimportant), this is always dangerous",
"text": "novērtēt pretinieku par zemu, tas vienmēr is bīstami",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"low (expressing the opinion that something is low, shallow, unworthy, unimportant)"
],
"id": "en-zems-lv-adj-FD~g~01T",
"links": [
[
"low",
"low"
],
[
"express",
"express#English"
],
[
"opinion",
"opinion#English"
],
[
"low",
"low#English"
],
[
"shallow",
"shallow#English"
],
[
"unworthy",
"unworthy#English"
],
[
"unimportant",
"unimportant#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "2 3 9 11 1 1 9 2 15 14 9 9 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "low, immoral person",
"text": "zems cilvēks",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low, immoral intentions",
"text": "zemi nodomi",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low, immoral action",
"text": "zema rīcība",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "tu esi zems cilvēks, Fēlikss Vilde; gļēvulis un blēdis ― you are a low person, Fēlikss Vilde; a coward and a swindler",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "then came hard, low, cruel, darkness-covered words",
"text": "tad nāca cieti, zemi, nežēlīgi, tumsas aizklāti vārdi",
"type": "example"
}
],
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[
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"word": "augsts"
}
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"Latvian adjectives with irregular adverbial forms",
"Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
"Latvian etymologies from LEV",
"Latvian lemmas",
"Latvian terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
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{
"word": "zemiskums"
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{
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{
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{
"word": "zemup"
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{
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"indefinite",
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},
{
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"indefinite",
"masculine",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "zemai",
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"feminine",
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},
{
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},
{
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{
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{
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},
{
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},
{
"word": "lejā"
},
{
"word": "lejup"
}
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],
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"english": "low bench, table",
"text": "zems sols, galds",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low bed, fence",
"text": "zema gulta, sēta",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low hill",
"text": "zems pakalns",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low stairs",
"text": "zemi pakāpieni",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "boots with low heels",
"text": "zābaki ar zemiem papēžiem",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the landlady is short and round like a tea rose bush",
"text": "saimniece ir zema un kupla kā tējas rožu krūms",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the barn door was low; (when) going out, (one) had to bend",
"text": "durvis šķūnim bija zemas; izejot vajadzēja stipri saliekties",
"type": "example"
}
],
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],
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],
[
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],
[
"little",
"little#English"
],
[
"distance",
"distance#English"
],
[
"top",
"top#English"
],
[
"bottom",
"bottom#English"
],
[
"low",
"low#English"
],
[
"height",
"height#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "low birch tree",
"text": "zemais bērzs",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low cherry trees",
"text": "zemie ķirši",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "most of our cultures of apple trees have developed from low apple trees (that) grow in Southern Europe",
"text": "vairums mūsu kultūras ābeļu cēlušās no Dienvideiropā augošās zemās ābeles",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
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],
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[
"low",
"low"
],
[
"lower",
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],
[
"height",
"height#English"
],
[
"average",
"average#English"
],
[
"individual",
"individual#English"
],
[
"type",
"type#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "a barn with low beams",
"text": "klēts ar zemām sijām",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "over the sea, from the coast side, low clouds were coming",
"text": "pāri jūrai uz krasta pusi nāca zemi mākoņi",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
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],
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[
"low",
"low"
],
[
"locate",
"locate#English"
],
[
"relatively",
"relatively#English"
],
[
"close",
"close#English"
],
[
"floor",
"floor#English"
],
[
"ground",
"ground#English"
],
[
"surface",
"surface#English"
],
[
"water",
"water#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "the low winter sun shone coldly between the trees",
"text": "zemā ziemas saule auksti spīdēja starp kokiem",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"low (located close to the horizon)"
],
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[
"low",
"low"
],
[
"locate",
"locate#English"
],
[
"close",
"close#English"
],
[
"horizon",
"horizon#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "low meadow",
"text": "zema pļava",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "when one goes across the river, (there) starts a low plain, covered with small alder trees",
"text": "kad pāriet pār upi, sākas zems, sīkiem alkšņiem klāts līdzenums",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
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],
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[
"low",
"low"
],
[
"situate",
"situate#English"
],
[
"level",
"level#English"
],
[
"below",
"below#English"
],
[
"rest",
"rest#English"
],
[
"landscape",
"landscape#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
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{
"english": "low milk yield",
"text": "zems piena izslaukums",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low prices",
"text": "zemas cenas",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low pressure",
"text": "zems spiediens",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low voltage (lit. low current tension)",
"text": "zems strāvas spriegums",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low temperature",
"text": "zema temperatūra",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low air humidity",
"text": "zems gaisa mitrums",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low prestige",
"text": "zems prestižs",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low quality",
"text": "zema kvalitāte",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low service level",
"text": "zema dienesta pakāpe",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low requirements",
"text": "zemas prasības",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the sailors and other ship workers have low wages",
"text": "matrožiem un citiem kuģa strādniekiem ir zemas algas",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
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],
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[
"low",
"low"
],
[
"small",
"small"
],
[
"important",
"important"
],
[
"reach",
"reach"
],
[
"normal",
"normal"
],
[
"level",
"level"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
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],
"examples": [
{
"english": "low level of culture",
"text": "zems kultūras līmenis",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low level of life",
"text": "zems dzīves līmenis",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low education",
"text": "zema iglītība",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the president is talking about the low level of discipline",
"text": "priekšsēdētājs runā par zemu darba disciplīnu",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"low (not satisfying certain requirements or expectations)"
],
"links": [
[
"low",
"low"
],
[
"satisfy",
"satisfy#English"
],
[
"certain",
"certain#English"
],
[
"requirement",
"requirement#English"
],
[
"expectation",
"expectation#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "low (= unimportant) office, position",
"text": "zems amats",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low class people",
"text": "zemas kārtas ļaudis",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "uz Ģertrūdes ielas es panācu pusmūža vīrieti, kādu zemu ierēdni ― on Ģertrūde street I met a middle-aged man, some low official",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"low (not having an respectable or important position in society, at work, etc.)"
],
"links": [
[
"people",
"people"
],
[
"low",
"low"
],
[
"respectable",
"respectable#English"
],
[
"important",
"important#English"
],
[
"position",
"position#English"
],
[
"society",
"society#English"
],
[
"work",
"work#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of people) low (not having an respectable or important position in society, at work, etc.)"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of people"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "my life, you call it shallow, low",
"text": "mana dzīve, tu to par seklu nosauci, par zemu",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "let the mind resolve the lower things, the higher ones will be resolved by the caprices of fate",
"text": "prāts lai zemākās lietas šķir, augstās šķir likteņa iegriba!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"low, shallow, unworthy, unimportant"
],
"links": [
[
"low",
"low"
],
[
"shallow",
"shallow"
],
[
"unworthy",
"unworthy"
],
[
"unimportant",
"unimportant"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "low style words",
"text": "“zemā stila” vārdi",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"low (not respectful; not following accepted norms)"
],
"links": [
[
"low",
"low"
],
[
"respectful",
"respectful#English"
],
[
"follow",
"follow#English"
],
[
"accept",
"accept#English"
],
[
"norm",
"norm#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples",
"lv:Music"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "low alto",
"text": "zemais alts",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low do (= low C)",
"text": "zemais do",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "she had a deep, quiet voice",
"text": "viņai bija zema un klusa balss",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "(when) singing in the low=sound chest register, the singer must first have the feeling that the sound arises and echoes in (his) chest",
"text": "dziedot zemās skaņas krūšu reģistrā, dziedātājam vispirms jābūt sajūtai, ka skaņa it kā rodas un atbalsojas krūtīs",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"low, deep (having sounds from the lower octaves)"
],
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"low",
"low"
],
[
"deep",
"deep"
],
[
"sound",
"sound#English"
],
[
"lower",
"lower#English"
],
[
"octave",
"octave#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "notes; voices; notes; voices",
"raw_glosses": [
"(music, notes, voices) low, deep (having sounds from the lower octaves)"
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "low estimation, opinion",
"text": "zems novērtējums",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to evaluate an opponent as low (= unimportant), this is always dangerous",
"text": "novērtēt pretinieku par zemu, tas vienmēr is bīstami",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"low (expressing the opinion that something is low, shallow, unworthy, unimportant)"
],
"links": [
[
"low",
"low"
],
[
"express",
"express#English"
],
[
"opinion",
"opinion#English"
],
[
"low",
"low#English"
],
[
"shallow",
"shallow#English"
],
[
"unworthy",
"unworthy#English"
],
[
"unimportant",
"unimportant#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "low, immoral person",
"text": "zems cilvēks",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low, immoral intentions",
"text": "zemi nodomi",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "low, immoral action",
"text": "zema rīcība",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "tu esi zems cilvēks, Fēlikss Vilde; gļēvulis un blēdis ― you are a low person, Fēlikss Vilde; a coward and a swindler",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "then came hard, low, cruel, darkness-covered words",
"text": "tad nāca cieti, zemi, nežēlīgi, tumsas aizklāti vārdi",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"low, dishonest, cruel, immoral, ignoble; expressing such qualities"
],
"links": [
[
"low",
"low"
],
[
"dishonest",
"dishonest"
],
[
"cruel",
"cruel"
],
[
"immoral",
"immoral"
],
[
"ignoble",
"ignoble"
],
[
"express",
"express"
],
[
"qualities",
"quality"
]
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "[zæms]"
}
],
"word": "zems"
}
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