patlaban

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Latvian

Etymology

An old compound, from pat +‎ laban, where pat is one of the parallel forms of pats (“self”), here apparently with the meaning “exact(ly),” “direct(ly),” “outright,” “immediate(ly),” and laban is perhaps an old accusative form of labs (“good”). The meaning would have evolved from an accusative of time, “at the exact good (moment),” to “right now.”[1]

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Adverb

patlaban

  1. now, currently (at the current moment)
    patlaban līst ― it is raining now
    viņš ir patlaban aizņemts ― he is busy now
    'maiznieks patlaban kāpa augšā no cepļa pagraba ― the baker has come up from the oven basement right now
    'augstienē mākoņu ozols, tā pavēnī es, / divi vien mēs patlaban uz pasaules ― in the upland an oak of clouds, in its shade I (am) / only the two of us (exist) now on the world

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References

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