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vājš

Pronunciation: [vâːjʃ]

“vājš” is a Latvian word. Its 13 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. weak (not having well developed muscles)
  2. weak, poor (which works badly, has little or no strength)
  3. weak (without courage, without strength in a difficult situation; vulnerable to negative influences, temptation, etc.)
  4. weak (not sufficiently qualified, not really good, skilled in his/her work, bad at fulfilling his/her duties)
  5. weak, poor (having little power)
  6. weak, mild, dim (having low intensity)
  7. weak, poor (not good, not sufficient, less than normal, ideal)
  8. weak (having low concentration, low degree of ionization, low alcohol content)
  9. weak, poor (not satisfactory, showing low quality)
  10. weak (ineffective, underdeveloped, having low power)
  11. weak, poor (having low quality, low yield)
  12. poor (not rich, not caloric)
  13. weak, poor (insufficient, unsatisfactory)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wāy-, *way- (“weak”), perhaps derived from *h₂weh₁- (“to blow”). Initially there were u- and o-stem forms (compare Lithuanian dialectal vójus (“weak, sick”), Latvian dialectal vājs); ultimately replaced by a yu-stem variant, yielding standard language vājš. On the meaning change, compare pūst, both “to move, advance with the wind blowing” and “to moan, to complain.”…

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