blāvot

From the same stem as blāvs (“dim, dull, pale”), made into a second-conjugation verb stem (ending -ot).

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blāvot (intransitive, 2nd conjugation, only 3rd person, present blāvo, past blāvoja)

1. (of light, light sources) to glow, to shine dimly, faintly

   blāvo uguntiņa ― a little spark faintly glows

   šķūnīša vienā galā blāvoja gandrīz apdzisis ugunskurs ― at one end of the little shed the almost extinct fire was still glowing, shining faintly

2. (of objects, places) to be visible in the dark with its faint, dim shine, glow

   paskatos pret debesīm: austrumi sāk blāvot... rīta blāzma! drīz būs gaisma ― look at the sky: in the east it is beginning to glow... the dawn! soon there will be light

   pretī blāvoja gara, balta ēka, kuras vidū vienā logā bija gaisma ― opposite a tall, white building, in which one window in the middle had a light, glowed dimly

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