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dzelme

dzelme

See also: dzelmē

Latvian

Noun

dzelme f (5th declension)

  1. depth (a deep place, deeper than its surroundings, in a river, lake, sea, etc.; syn. dzīle, dziļums)
    upes dzelme ― a river's deep place
    iekrist, noslīkt dzelmē ― to fall, to drown in a deep place
  2. (figuratively) depth
    debesu dzelme ― the depth of the sky
    jūtu dzelme ― the depth of feelings
    dvēseles dzelme ― the depth of the soul

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References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), dziļš”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7