[blīːws]
CilmeA 20th-century derivation by back-formation from the adverb blīviski (“densely”), short form blīvi, itself a 19th-century derivation from the verb blīvēt (“to pack tightly, to make dense”), an 18th-century borrowing from Low German flīen, Middle Low German vlīen or Middle Dutch vlijen (“to order, stack, lay down in layers”).
- dense, compact, thick (such that its parts are tight, very close to each other)
“blīva viela” — dense, thick substance, material
“blīva masa” — dense mass
“blīva augsne” — compact soil
- tight, solid, compact, dense (without gaps; pressed, pulled tight, fitting tightly)
“blīvs audums” — solid, continuous fabric
“blīvs spraugu pildījums” — solid, dense gap filling
“logs bija aizklāts ar blīvu aizkaru, un ne mazākais saules stariņš neiespīdēja istabā” — the window was covered with a heavy, tight curtain; not even the slightest ray of sunshine could get into the room
- dense, packed (where living beings are very close to each other)
“blīva drūzma” — dense, packed crowd
“pavasaros uz Sahalīnas piekrasti dodas tik blīvi siļķu bari, ka uz zivju mugurām stāv kaijas” — in spring such tight, packed herring schools come to the coast of Sakhalin that [seagulls can] stand on the backs of the fish
“rudeņos blīvā straumē ceļo uz dienvidiem žubītes un citi sīkie putni” — in autumn finches and other small birds travel south in a dense stream
Formasblīvais(definite) · blīvāks(comparative) · visblīvākais(superlative) · blīvi(adverb) · blīvs(masculine, nominative, singular) · blīvi(masculine, nominative, plural) · blīva(feminine, nominative, singular) · blīvas(feminine, nominative, plural) · blīva(genitive, masculine, singular) · blīvu(genitive, masculine, plural) · blīvas(feminine, genitive, singular) · blīvu(feminine, genitive, plural) · blīvam(dative, masculine, singular) · blīviem(dative, masculine, plural) · blīvai(dative, feminine, singular) · blīvām(dative, feminine, plural) · blīvu(accusative, masculine, singular) · blīvus(accusative, masculine, plural) · blīvu(accusative, feminine, singular) · blīvas(accusative, feminine, plural)
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