spējīgs

From spēja (“ability, capability”) +‎ -īgs.

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spējīgs (definite spējīgais, comparative spējīgāks, superlative visspējīgākais, adverb spējīgi)

1. (of people, animals) able, capable, skilled (having the physical or mental skills necessary for successfully carrying out some task, to react in some way)

   spējīgs students, skolnieks ― a capable student, pupil

   spējīgs dziedāt, strādāt ― capable of singing, of working

   darba spējīgs, darbaspējīgs ― capable of working

   viņš ir uz visu spējīgs ― he is capable of anything (= he is capable of evil things, he is to be feared)

   viņš līdz šim strādāja manā laboratorijā; ļoti spējīgs, arī kā cilvēks lielisks ― he has worked until now in my laboratory; (he is) very capable, skilled, also great as a person (= a great guy)

   skolotājs noorganizē spējīgāko audzēkņu grupu, kura mācās zīmēt sarežģītākas figūras, ģipša modeļus ― the teacher organized a group of more capable students, who learn to draw more complex figures, plaster models

   viņa nezināja, kā ir, kad vecāki vedeklu nevēlas... jaunie šajā ziņā nav spējīgi iedomāties citu situāciju kā vien to, ko piedzīvo ― she didn't know how it is when the parents don't want the daughter-in-law... young (people) in this respect are not capable of imagining a situation different from what they have (already) experienced

   lielos putnus pārvietoja no lielajiem būriem mazajos un iekrāva automašīnā... visus lidot spējīgos aizveda uz Mežaparku ― the big birds were moved from the big cages into the small ones and then loaded into the car... all those capable of flying were taken to the Mežaparks (= the main park in Riga)

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