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Latvian
Etymology
From aiz- + liegt. Its original meaning was probably “to bend, to turn (away)” (possibly also influenced by liekt, which has these meanings), from which the current meaning “to prohibit, to forbid” could have evolved metaphorically, either via “turn (away)” > “not allow access (to something)” > “to prohibit (access to something)” > “to prohibit (in general),” or via “to bend (something)” > “to prevent access (by bending something in front of it)” (cf. aizliegt ceļu “to restrict the way,” perhaps originally “to bend (a tree) so that it restricts access to the way”) > “to prohibit.”[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
aizliegt (transitive, 1st conjugation, present aizliedzu, aizliedz, aizliedz, past aizliedzu)
- to prohibit, to forbid (to not allow something to happen, to be done)
- aizliegt smēķēt darba telpās ― to prohibit smoking at work
- aizliegt zvejot nārsta laikā ― to prohibit fishing during the spawning season
- aizliegts ar likumu ― prohibited by law
- dabas aizsardzības likums aizliedz vākt jebkuru ūdensputnu olas ― the environment protection laws prohibits the collection of any waterfowl eggs
- to prohibit (to not allow access to, or the use or production of, something)
- aizliegt kodolieročus ― to prohibit nuclear weapons
- aizliegtā literatūra ― prohibited literature
- aizliegts auglis ― forbidden fruit
- Latvijas ūdeņos ķert zivis ir atļauts... izņemot aizliegtās zonas ― it is permitted to catch fish in Latvian waters... except (in) the restricted areas
- (dated sense) reject, refuse
- tu aplamnieks, kas aizliedz savu tēviju ― you (are) an ignorant who rejects his own fatherland
- cerams, ka Reihvalda jaunkundze turpmāk neaizliedz savu tēvu ― Miss Reihvalda will hopefully no longer reject her father
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