This is the 780th most frequent Latvian word.
mežu
"Mežu" is the accusative or genitive form of "mežs," meaning "forest" in English.
Here, 'mežu' is in the accusative case, indicating motion through the forest.
Es staigāju caur mežu.
I walked through the forest.
In this example, 'mežu' acts as a plural locative, describing the general area.
Dzīvnieki dzīvo mežu reģionos.
Animals live in the forested regions.
Here, 'mežu' is in the genitive case (plural), denoting possession or partitive relation concerning forests.