mukls
Latvian
Etymology
From the same stem as the verb mukt “to sink (in mud)” (q.v.), with an extra element -l, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”), see also Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”). Additional cognates include Lithuanian muklùs, Serbo-Croatian mùkljiv.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mukls]
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Adjective
mukls (definite muklais, comparative muklāks, superlative vismuklākais, adverb mukli)
- swampy, boggy, marshy, miry (typical of swamps, bogs, marsh, mires)
- mukla meža pļava ― boggy forest meadow
- kad haubicū baterija bija pārvarējusi muklo ieplaku, uzkalna līdzenumā zirgi uzsāka raitāku gaitu ― when the howitzer battery had overcome the marshy valley, the hill plain horses started at a quicker pace
Declension
indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of mukls
| masculine (vīriešu dzimte) | feminine (sieviešu dzimte) | ||||||||
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| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | ||||||
| nominative (nominatīvs) | mukls | mukli | mukla | muklas | |||||
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | muklu | muklus | muklu | muklas | |||||
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | mukla | muklu | muklas | muklu | |||||
| dative (datīvs) | muklam | mukliem | muklai | muklām | |||||
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | muklu | mukliem | muklu | muklām | |||||
| locative (lokatīvs) | muklā | muklos | muklā | muklās | |||||
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | — | — | — | |||||
Synonyms
- muklains
- purvains
- staigns
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “mukls”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN