pavēle

Latvian

Etymology

From pa- +‎ vēle (“will, wish”). The original meaning was “permission; wish;” apparently, this word was influenced by the similar-sounding German Befehl (“order, command”), and changed its meaning accordingly.

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Noun

pavēle f (5th declension)

1. order, command (formal, binding oral or written instruction to carry out an activity)

   direktora pavēle ― the director's order

   tiesas pavēle ― court order

   dot pavēli ― to give an order

   noklausīties, izlasīt pavēli ― to listen to, to read an order

   izpildīt pavēli ― to execute an order

   pēc dažām stundām skaļruņos atskanēja pavēle nepiederošām personām atstāt kuģa klāju ― after a few hours the command for non-authorized people to leave the ship boomed in the loudspeakers

   pienāca štāba pavēle: Sala jāaizstāv līdz pēdējam vīram ― then came the order from the headquarters: Sala must be defended to the last man

2. (linguistics, grammar) imperative (mood)

   pavēles izteiksme ― imperative mood (lit. command mood)

Declension

Derived terms

• pavēlēt
• pavēlniecība
• pavēlniecisks
• pavēlnieks, pavēlniece

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