Noun
bads m (1st declension)
- hunger, starvation, famine (a lack of sufficient food, especially for a long time; the accompanying feeling)
- mērdēt badā ― to starve (someone), to keep in hunger
- ciest badu ― to starve (lit. to suffer hunger)
- mirt badu, badā ― to die from hunger, in hunger
- novārgt aiz bada ― to perish from hunger
- bada nāve ― death by starvation
- bada cietējs, badacietējs ― hunger-sufferer (= hungry person)
- bada streiks ― hunger strike
- meža zvēriem trūka barības... ceļu malās bieži atrada badā nobeigušos meža dzīvniekus ― the forest animals lacked food... one could often see on the sides of trails forest animals dead from starvation
- pēc kāda laika izcēlās tanī pašā zemē liels bads... rudzu vairs nebija nevienam ne graudiņa ― after some time a great famine broke out in this same land... there was not even a grain of rye left
- (figuratively) a lack of something perceived as important, essential; dearth, deprivation
- skābekļa bads ― oxygen deprivation
- miega bads ― sleep deprivation
- grāmatu bads ― dearth of books
- audi un orgāni cukurslimniekam ir cukura badā ― the tissues and organs of diabetics are deprived of sugar (lit. in sugar deprivation)
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