[bìɛs]
CilmeFrom 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”).
- 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
- usuallythick, 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
- 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
- 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
- thick (having a large cross-section)
“bieza siena, grāmata” — thick wall, book
“biezs dēlis, papīrs” — thick board, paper
“biezas lūpas” — thick lips
- 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
- 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
Formasbiezais(definite) · biezāks(comparative) · visbiezākais(superlative) · biezi(adverb) · biezs(masculine, nominative, singular) · biezi(masculine, nominative, plural) · bieza(feminine, nominative, singular) · biezas(feminine, nominative, plural) · bieza(genitive, masculine, singular) · biezu(genitive, masculine, plural) · biezas(feminine, genitive, singular) · biezu(feminine, genitive, plural) · biezam(dative, masculine, singular) · bieziem(dative, masculine, plural) · biezai(dative, feminine, singular) · biezām(dative, feminine, plural) · biezu(accusative, masculine, singular) · biezus(accusative, masculine, plural) · biezu(accusative, feminine, singular) · biezas(accusative, feminine, plural)