mēsli

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Mēsli

Etymology

From mēzt (“to remove with shovel, to clean with shovel”). Cognates include Lithuanian mė́šlas, plural mėšlaĩ.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [mæ̂ːsli]

Noun

mēsli m pl, 1st declension

1. dung, manure, animal excrement

   mēslu dakšas — manure forks

   mēslu rati — manure carts

   mēslu krātuve — manure storage place

   mēslu sūknis — manure pump

   mēslu kaudze — dunghill

   ārdīt mēslus — to ted manure

   kraut mēslus vezumā — to load manure in a wagon

   vest mēslus uz tīrumu — to take manure to the field

2. fertilizer

   mākslīgie mēsli, minerālmēsli — (artificial) fertilizer

   organiskie mēsli — organic manure

   jūras mēsli — sea manure (sea algae used as fertilizer)

3. dirt, waste

   mēslu bedre — waste, garbage pit

Declension

declension of mēsli

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	—	mēsli
accusative (akuzatīvs)	—	mēslus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	—	mēslu
dative (datīvs)	—	mēsliem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	—	mēsliem
locative (lokatīvs)	—	mēslos
vocative (vokatīvs)	—	mēsli

Derived terms

• kūtsmēsli, kūts mēsli
• mēslvabole, mēslu vabole
• mēslu muša
• minerālmēsli

References