biezs

biezs

See also: biežs

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *benž-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick, tight”), from *bʰen- (“to hit, to injure”) (with the meaning evolving from “to hit” > “to swell,” “swollen” > “thick”). Cognates include Old Norse bingr (“stack, heap”), Old High German bungo (“ball, tangle”), Hittite [script needed] (panku-s, “whole, shared, united”), Sanskrit बहु (bahú, “much, many; great”), Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús, “thick, tight”), Latin pīnguis (“fat, thick”) (< *finguis, influenced by *pīmos “fat”).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bìɛs]

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Adjective

biezs (definite biezais, comparative biezāks, superlative visbiezākais, adverb biezi)

1. thick, dense (made of many component elements, all very close to one another)

   biezs krūmājs ― thick underbrush

   bieza kūla ― thick old grass

   bieza sūna ― thick moss

   biezi mati ― thick hair

   bieza cilvēku drūzma ― thick crowd

   biezs siļķu bars ― thick group, school of herring

2. (of gases, fog, smoke, etc.) thick, dense, concentrated

   biezi tvaika mutuļi ― thick puffs of vapor

   biezā rudens rīta migla ― thick autumn morning mist

   dūmu mutuļi kļuva arvien biezāki un tumšāki ― the puffs of smoke became thicker and darker

3. (of liquids) thick, viscous (flowing slowly, with difficulty)

   biezs medus, krējums ― thick honey, cream

   ūdens ezerā ir melns kā darva un biezs kā auzu ķīselis ― the water in (that) lake is black as tar and thick as oaātmeal jelly

4. (of night, darkness) thick, dark

   vakara krēsla kļuva arvien biezāka ― the twilight became thicker

   tumsa bija tik bieza, ka saredzēt nekā nevarēja ― the darkness was so thick that it was impossible to look around

5. (of leaf-like objects) thick (having a large cross-section)

   bieza siena, grāmata ― thick wall, book

   biezs dēlis, papīrs ― thick board, paper

   biezas lūpas ― thick lips

6. (with indication of thickness) thick

   0,5 milimetri biezs skārds ― 5mm-thick metal sheet

   vairākus metrus bieza smilts u māla kārta ― a many-meter-thick layer of sand and clay

7. (of fabric, knitting, clothes) thick, tight (not thin; also, such that there is little space between the threads)

   bieza jaka ― thick jacket

   biezs audekls ― thick canvas

   viņai bija milzīgi garš, biezs sēru šķidrauts, kas tik pamatīgi aizsedza seju ― she had a very long, thick veil that thoroughly hid her face

Declension

indefinite declension (nenoteiktā galotne) of biezs

	masculine (vīriešu dzimte)			feminine (sieviešu dzimte)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)		singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	biezs	biezi		bieza	biezas
accusative (akuzatīvs)	biezu	biezus		biezu	biezas
genitive (ģenitīvs)	bieza	biezu		biezas	biezu
dative (datīvs)	biezam	bieziem		biezai	biezām
instrumental (instrumentālis)	biezu	bieziem		biezu	biezām
locative (lokatīvs)	biezā	biezos		biezā	biezās
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	—		—	—

Synonyms

• (of "dense", "thick", "with little intermediate space"): blīvs
• (of "thick hair"): ciets
• (of "tight"): ciešs
• (of cylindrical objects): resns

Antonyms

• (of "dense", "thick", "with little intermediate space"): rets, plāns
• (of "thick liquid"): šķidrs, plāns
• (of "thick wall, book"): plāns

Derived terms

• biezināt
• biezība
• biezums

References

1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “biezs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN