biezs

== Latvian == === Etymology === From 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [bìɛs] === Adjective === biezs (definite biezais, comparative biezāks, superlative visbiezākais, adverb biezi) 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 biezi mati ― thick hair bieza cilvēku drūzma ― thick crowd biezs siļķu bars ― thick group, school of herring (of gases, fog, smoke, etc.) thick, 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 (of liquids) 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 (of night, darkness) 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 (of leaf-like objects) thick (having a large cross-section) bieza siena, grāmata ― thick wall, book biezs dēlis, papīrs ― thick board, paper biezas lūpas ― thick lips (with indication of thickness) 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 (of fabric, knitting, clothes) 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 ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (of "dense", "thick", "with little intermediate space"): blīvs (of "thick hair"): ciets (of "tight"): ciešs (of cylindrical objects): resns ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “of "dense", "thick", "with little intermediate space"”): rets, plāns (antonym(s) of “of "thick liquid"”): šķidrs, plāns (antonym(s) of “of "thick wall, book"”): plāns ==== Derived terms ==== biezināt biezība biezums === References ===