purvainums

Latvian

Etymology

From purvains (“swampy, marshy, boggy, miry”) +‎ -ums, with purvains from purvs (“swamp, marsh, bog, mire”) +‎ -ains.

Noun

purvainums m (1st declension)

  1. swampiness, marshiness, bogginess, miriness (the state or quality of that which is swampy, marshy, boggy, miry)
    pļavas purvainums ― the swampiness of the meadow
    meža purvainums ― the swampiness, marshiness of the forest

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