mezglains

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Latvian

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Etymology

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From mezgls (knot) +‎ -ains.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mezglains (definite mezglainais, comparative mezglaināks, superlative vismezglainākais, adverb mezglaini)

  1. knotty, knotted (having knots)
    mezglaina aukla, dzijaknotted line, yarn
    ar mezglainu diegu nevar šūtone can't sew with a knotty thread
  2. knotty, knobby, knobbly (having nodes, nodules, tissue thickenings)
    mezglaini pirkstiknobby fingers (= having prominent knuckles)
    mezglaini stumbriknobby (tree) trunks
    Krista raud un lauza mezglainās, grumbainās rokasKrista cries and breaks (her) knobby, wrinkly hands
    pāri ceļam līka veci, mezglaini kokiacross the road were the old, knobby trees

Declension

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