Latvian edit

Etymology edit

From sapnis (dream) +‎ -ains.

Adjective edit

sapņains (definite sapņainais, comparative sapņaināks, superlative vissapņainākais, adverb sapņaini)

  1. (of people, their behavior) dreamy (immersed in thoughts, in mental imagery; expressing this state)
    meitenes sapņainās acisthe girl's dreamy eyes
    sapņains lirimsdreamy lyricism
    sapņains smaidsdreamy smile
    smaržīgais tabaks dūms darīja viņu sapņainu un apcerīguthe odorous tobacco smoke made him dreamy and meditative
    svešs bija Juris pats tam sapņainam zēnam, kas vēl šorīt skraidīja ar meitenēm pa mežuJuris was foreign to that dreamy boy, who still this morning was running in the forest with the girls
  2. (figuratively, of places, actions) dreamy (conducive to dreamy feelings or states of mind)
    zemi pārspīdēja brīnišķīgā, sapņainā mēnessgaismaa wonderful, dreamy moonlight shone over the land
    pār egļu un bērzu galotnēm bija redzamas sapņainā Drīdža dzelmesover the tops of the spruces and birch trees the depths of the dreamy Drīdzis (lake)

Declension edit