spļaut

From Proto-Baltic *spyau-ti (for another example of a *py > pļ change, see pļaut), from Proto-Indo-European *p(ʰ)yēw-, *sp(ʰ)yēw- (“to spit”). Cognates include Lithuanian spiáuti, Proto-Slavic *pjuti (Russian плева́ть (plevátʹ), 1st. pers. pres. плюю́ (pljujú), Belarusian плюва́ць (pljuvácʹ), Ukrainian плюва́ти (pljuváty), Bulgarian плю́я (pljúja, “I spit”), Czech plíti, plvati, Polish pluć, plwać, spluwać), Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (speiwan), Old High German spīwan, German speien, Sanskrit ष्ठीवति (ṣṭhīvati), Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō), Latin spuō.^[1]

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spļaut (transitive or intransitive, 1st conjugation, present spļauju, spļauj, spļauj, past spļāvu)

1. (intransitive) to spit, to expectorate (to push, throw saliva or sputum out of one's mouth)

   uz ietves aizliegts spļaut ― it is prohibited to spit on the sidewalk

   spļaut uz visām pusēm ― to spit on all sides

   pavasarī viņš reižu reizēm iznāca ārā no smēdes, pieķērās pie žoga un dažreiz it ilgi klepoja un spļāva ― sometimes in spring he came out of the forge, held on to the fence and sometimes coughed and spat for a long time

2. (transitive) to spit (to push, throw something out of one's mouth)

   slimnieks spļauj asinis ― the patient is spitting blood

   spļaut ķiršu kauliņus zemē ― to spit cherry pits on the ground

   ej nost zirgam no galvas, kad tas putas no mutes spļauj un pakaviem zemi kārpa! ― go away from a horse when he spits foam from his mouth and scrapes the ground with his hooves!

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other derived terms:

• spļāviens

• siekalas