gādāt

From Proto-Baltic *gād-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷed- (“to say, to speak”). Cognates include Lithuanian godóti (“to think, to ponder, to dream”), godà (“dream, longing, worry”), Proto-Slavic *gadati (Russian гада́ть (gadátʹ, “to guess, to solve (a puzzle)”, dialectal “to speak”, archaic “to think, to acknowledge”); Polish gadać (“to speak, to jabber”)), Norwegian kvata (“to chat”), Sanskrit गदति (gádati, “to say, to speak”).^[1]

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gādāt (transitive or intransitive, 2nd conjugation, present gādāju, gādā, gādā, past gādāju)

1. to take care of, to see to, to provide (to take actions so as to ensure something necessary or important)

   gādāt malku ― to provide, take care of the firewood

   gādāt vajadzīgos līdzekļus ― provide the necessary means, resources

   gādāt pārtiku ziemai ― to take care of, provide food for winter

   gādāt par tīrību un kārtību ― to take care of cleanliness and order

   grāmatas gādāja Kristīne ― Kristīne took care of, provided the books

   par to es gādāšu ― I will see to, take care of that

   māte tūliņ rosījās gādāt vakariņas ― mother immediately got busy to take care of dinner

2. to take care of, to care for, to look after, provide for (someone)

   gādāt par slimnieku ― to care for a patient

   gādāt par ģimeni ― to take care of, provide for (one's) family

   gādāt par bērnu nav tikai mātes daļa vien; arī ārsts, medicīnas māsa uzņemas rūpes par viņa veselību ― to care for the child was not only the mother's task; also a doctor and a nurse took care of his health

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other derived terms:

• gādība
• gādīgs, gādīgums