mukls

Latvian

Etymology

From the same stem as the verb mukt “to sink (in mud)” (q.v.), with an extra element -l, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”), see also Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”). Additional cognates include Lithuanian muklùs, Serbo-Croatian mùkljiv.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mukls]
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Adjective

mukls (definite muklais, comparative muklāks, superlative vismuklākais, adverb mukli)

  1. swampy, boggy, marshy, miry (typical of swamps, bogs, marsh, mires)
    mukla meža pļava ― boggy forest meadow
    kad haubicū baterija bija pārvarējusi muklo ieplaku, uzkalna līdzenumā zirgi uzsāka raitāku gaitu ― when the howitzer battery had overcome the marshy valley, the hill plain horses started at a quicker pace

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References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “mukls”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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