gadalaiks

Latvian

Etymology

From gada (year[gen.]) + laiks (time), probably a calque of German Jahreszeit.

Pronunciation

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Noun

gadalaiks m (1st declension)

  1. season of the year (i.e., spring, summer, autumn, winter: periods of the year characterized by different average weather conditions)
    silts, auksts gadalaikswarm, cold season
    lietains, sauss gadalaiksrainy, dry season
    klimatiskie gadalaikiclimatic seasons
    viņa pati bija kā dzimtenes daba ar tās četriem gadalaikiem, kas cits aiz cita mijasshe herself was like (our) homeland nature with its four seasons, which came one after the other
    gleznotāja audeklos tēloti gadalaiki... tur ir pavasari un vasaras, tur ir rudeņi un ziemasin the painter's canvasses the seasons (were) depicted... here are springs and summers, there are autumns and winters

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See also

(seasons) četri gadalaiki; pavasaris, vasara, rudens, ziema (Category: lv:Seasons)

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