pļāpāt

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Latvian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bel-, *pel-, *bla-, *pla-, an onomatopoeic stem that imitates human speech. Apparently, this stem was reduplicated in pļāpāt and underwent expressive palatalization (pl > ). Cognates include Lithuanian plõpti, pliõpti, pliopóti, German plappern.

Pronunciation

Verb

pļāpāt (transitive or intransitive, 2nd conjugation, present pļāpāju, pļāpā, pļāpā, past pļāpāju)

  1. to chat, to chatter, to babble, to gossip (to talk about minor, unimportant topics)
    veci cilvēki daudz pļāpāold people often chatter
    bet man gribas tikai niekus pļāpātbut I feel like just chatting about unimportant things
    ārsts nemēdza pļāpāt par delikatām lietāmthe doctor tends not to chatter, gossip about sensitive issues

Conjugation

Conjugation of pļāpāt
indicative (īstenības izteiksme) imperative
(pavēles izteiksme)
present
(tagadne)
past
(pagātne)
future
(nākotne)
1st person sg es pļāpāju pļāpāju pļāpāšu
2nd person sg tu pļāpā pļāpāji pļāpāsi pļāpā
3rd person sg viņš, viņa pļāpā pļāpāja pļāpās lai pļāpā
1st person pl mēs pļāpājam pļāpājām pļāpāsim pļāpāsim
2nd person pl jūs pļāpājat pļāpājāt pļāpāsiet,
pļāpāsit
pļāpājiet
3rd person pl viņi, viņas pļāpā pļāpāja pļāpās lai pļāpā
renarrative (atstāstījuma izteiksme) participles (divdabji)
present pļāpājot present active 1 (adj.) pļāpājošs
past esot pļāpājis present active 2 (adv.) pļāpādams
future pļāpāšot present active 3 (adv.) pļāpājot
imperative lai pļāpājot present active 4 (obj.) pļāpājam
conditional (vēlējuma izteiksme) past active pļāpājis
present pļāpātu present passive pļāpājams
past būtu pļāpājis past passive pļāpāts
debitive (vajadzības izteiksme) nominal forms
indicative (būt) jāpļāpā infinitive (nenoteiksme) pļāpāt
conjunctive 1 esot jāpļāpā negative infinitive nepļāpāt
conjunctive 2 jāpļāpājot verbal noun pļāpāšana

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:

References

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