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Etymology
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Suffix
-ināt
- causative or factitive, from verbs
- audzināt (“to raise, bring up”) < augt (“to grow”)
- raudināt (“to make cry”) < raudāt (“to cry”)
- biedināt (“to scare, frighten”) < biedēt (“to scare, frighten”)
- kurināt < kurt
- cepināt (“to grill, bake (for long time)”) < cept (“to bake, roast, fry”)
- causative or factitive, from adjectives
- nabadzināt (“to make poor”) < nabags (“poor”)
- saldināt (“to sweeten”) < salds (“sweet”)
- biezināt (“to thicken”) < biezs (“thick”)
- mazināt (“to reduce”) < mazs (“small”)
- īsināt (“shorten”) < īss (“short”)
- causative or factitive, from nouns (sometimes)
- dievināt (“to deify, idolize”) < dievs (“god”)
Derived terms