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Latvian
Etymology
From aiz- + stāvēt (“to stand”).
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Verb
aizstāvēt (transitive, 3rd conjugation, present aizstāvu, aizstāvi, aizstāv, past aizstāvēju)
- to defend (to act so as to protect something from physical harm, risk, dishonor, etc.)
- aizstāvēt dzimteni, valsti ― to defend (one's) homeland, (one's) country
- aizstāvēt brāļu, draugu ― to defend (one's) brother, (one's) friend
- aizstāvēt konkursā skolas godu ― to defend (one's) school's honor in the contest
- aizstāvēt savas dzimtenes sporta slavu ― to defend one's homeland's honor in sports
- pienaca štāba pavēle: sala jāaizstāv līdz pēdējam vīram ― orders came from the headquarters: the island must be defended to the last man
- (of opinions, rights, actions, etc.) to defend, to justify, to support (with evidence)
- aizstāvēt taisnību ― to defend the truth, what is right
- aizstāvēt savu izteikto domu ― to defend one's expressed thought
- aizstāvēt progresīvus centienus ― to defend progressive aspirations
- aizstāvēt darbaļauzu intereses ― to defend the interests of working people
- aizstāvēt mieru visā pasaulē ― to defend peace in the whole world
- viņi strīdējās, aizstāvēdami katrs savus ieskatus un plānus ― they quarrelled, each defending his opinions and plans
- rakstnieks ar visu savu talantu aizstāv franču strādnieku tiesības ― the writer defended with all his talent the rights of French workers
- (of academic theses, dissertations, projects, works) to defend (to justify on the basis of one's research results, with one's arguments, with basic principles)
- aizstāvēt doktora disertāciju ― to defend a doctoral (Ph.D.) thesis
- students aizstāv kursa darbu ― the student is defending (his) coursework
- Sofija Ivanova sekmīgi aizstāvēja disertāciju ― Sofija Ivanova successfully defended (her) dissertation
- nebija viegli, piemēram, izstrādāt un aizstāvēt fantastisku projektu, kā izkausēt Antarktīdas ledus ― it was not easy, for instance, to develop and defend a fantastic proeject, like melting the Antarctic ice
- (law) to defend (in a court of law, to argue against the charges in order to absolve or mitigate the guilt of the accused)
- advokāts aizstāv apsūdzēto ― the lawyer defends the accused
- aizstāvot apsūdzēto, norādīt vainu mīkstinošos apstākļus ― to state mitigating circumstances in defense of (lit. while defending) the accused
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