Translation meaning & definition of the word "scarce" into Latvian language

adjective

1. Deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand

• "Fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought"

synonym:
• scarce

1. Trūkst daudzuma vai skaita, salīdzinot ar pieprasījumu

• "Svaigi dārzeņi sausuma laikā bija maz"

sinonīms:
• maz

adverb

1. Only a very short time before

• "They could barely hear the speaker"

• "We hardly knew them"

• "Just missed being hit"

• "Had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open"

• "Would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- w.b.yeats

synonym:
• barely
,
• hardly
,
• just
,
• scarcely
,
• scarce

1. Tikai ļoti īsu laiku pirms tam

• "Viņi tik tikko varēja dzirdēt runātāju"

• "Mēs viņus gandrīz nepazinājām"

• "Tikai nokavēts, ka tiek trāpīts"

• "Ja tik tikko nebija zvanījis zvanam, kad durvis lidoja vaļā"

• "Bija tikko ieradies, pirms viņa būtu atradusi kādu attaisnojumu aizbraukšanai" - w.b.yeats

sinonīms:
• tik tikko
,
• diez vai
,
• tikai
,
• gandrīz
,
• maz

Examples of using

Apples are scarce this year.

Šogad ir maz Ābolu.

Is food scarce around here?

Vai šeit ir maz pārtikas?

I've lived most of my life in the plains where trees and hills are scarce.

Lielāko savas dzīves daļu esmu dzīvojis līdzenumos, kur koku un pakalnu ir maz.

The trees were very scarce.

Koki bija ļoti maz.

Records are particularly scarce for this era, perhaps owing to a long series of natural disasters which befell the capital.

Ieraksti šajā laikmetā ir īpaši ierobežoti, iespējams, sakarā ar ilgu dabas katastrofu sēriju, kas skar galvaspilsētu.

Telephone booths are as scarce as hen's teeth around here.

Telefona kabīnes šeit ir tikpat maz kā vistu zobi.

Oil is scarce in this country.

Šajā valstī ir maz naftas.

The trees were very scarce.

Koki bija ļoti maz.

The trees were very scarce.

Koki bija ļoti maz.