meija

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Latvian[edit]

stage decorated with meijas

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch meye or Middle Low German meige ([meije], “decorated May tree; a green branch (for May festivities)”), the older sense of the word being the month of May.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): [mēīja]

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Noun[edit]

meija f (4th declension)

  1. (baby birches used to decorate the premises leading up to Midsummer festivities (Līgo))
    katrs Latvijas iedzīvotājs valsts mežos drīkst nocirst piecas meijas ― every inhabitant of Latvia is allowed to chop down [up to] five meijas in state owned forests[2]

Declension[edit]

Declension of meija (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) meija meijas
accusative (akuzatīvs) meiju meijas
genitive (ģenitīvs) meijas meiju
dative (datīvs) meijai meijām
instrumental (instrumentālis) meiju meijām
locative (lokatīvs) meijā meijās
vocative (vokatīvs) meija meijas

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “meija”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
  2. ^ la.lv
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