mezglains

From mezgls (“knot”) +‎ -ains.

mezglains (definite mezglainais, comparative mezglaināks, superlative vismezglainākais, adverb mezglaini)

1. knotty, knotted (having knots)

   mezglaina aukla, dzija ― knotted line, yarn

   ar mezglainu diegu nevar šūt ― one can't sew with a knotty thread

2. knotty, knobby, knobbly (having nodes, nodules, tissue thickenings)

   mezglaini pirksti ― knobby fingers (= having prominent knuckles)

   mezglaini stumbri ― knobby (tree) trunks

   Krista raud un lauza mezglainās, grumbainās rokas ― Krista cries and breaks (her) knobby, wrinkly hands

   pāri ceļam līka veci, mezglaini koki ― across the road were the old, knobby trees

• mežģīt, mežģīties
• mezglot, mezgloties
• mezgls