nāvēt

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See also: navet

Latvian

Etymology

From the same stem as nāve (death), made into a second-conjugation verb (ending -ēt).[1]

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Verb

nāvēt (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present nāvēju, nāvē, nāvē, past nāvēju)

  1. to kill (to put (a living being) to death, to cause it to die, to be the cause of its death)
    putniņus nedomāju nāvētI do not think (= intend) to kill the little birds
    es redzēju, kā fašisti koncentrācijas nometnē nāvēja cilvēkus visādiem līdzekļiem un paņēmieniemI saw that they killed people in fascist concentration camps with all kinds of means and methods
    atsacīšanās no pīpēšanas un dzeršanas, šiem patiešām nāvējošiem paradumiem, ir pirmais noteikums, lai izsargātos no stenokardijas, sirds infarkta un varbūtējas pēkšņas nāvesgiving up smoking and drinking, these really deadly (lit. killing) habits, that is the first rule to prevent angina, heart attack and presumed sudden death
  2. (figuratively) to kill (to destroy, to make disappear)
    nāvēt aizspriedumusto kill prejudice
    nolūka nav viņa gaitai; viņš klaiņo, garlaicību nāvēdamshis going has no purpose; he wanders around, killing boredom

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References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “nāve”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN