No. 780 in Latvian
mežu
"Mežu" is the accusative or genitive form of "mežs," meaning "forest" in English.
In a sentence
Es staigāju caur mežu.
I walked through the forest.
Here, 'mežu' is in the accusative case, indicating motion through the forest.
Dzīvnieki dzīvo mežu reģionos.
Animals live in the forested regions.
In this example, 'mežu' acts as a plural locative, describing the general area.
Viņi novāc kokus no mežu malām.
They harvest trees from the edges of the forests.
Here, 'mežu' is in the genitive case (plural), denoting possession or partitive relation concerning forests.
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