stādīt

This word results from two converging homonyms: a causative form of the verb stāt (“to stand”) (q.v.; cf. also stāvēt), and a derived verb from the noun stāds (“plant”) (q.v.). The latter is dominant in the literary language, but the former is still quite alive in dialectal usage, and is found in several expressions in the literary language as well.^[1]

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stādīt (transitive, 3rd conjugation, present stādu, stādi, stāda, past stādīju)

1. to plant (to place, to insert (plant, root, tubers, etc.) in the soil so that it grows)

   stādīt kokus, kartupeļus, puķes ― to plant trees, potatoes, flowers

   stādīt kāpostus, pupas, sīpolus ― to plant cabbage, beans, onions

   stādīt mežu, dzīvžogu ― to plant a forest, a hedge

   šodien mēs stādīsim dārzu ― today we will plant a garden

   stādīt siltumnīcā tomātus ― to plant tomatoes in a greenhouse

   stādīt istabas puķes dekoratīvos podos ― to plant room flowers in decorative pots

   vislabāk ziemcietes stādīt pavasarī ― it is best to plant perennials in spring

   koki jāstāda tikpat dziļi, kā tie auguši mežā ― trees must be planted as deep as they grow in the forest

2. to place, to position, to put something in a standing position

   stādīt kaktā ― to make stand in the corner

   stādīt priekšā ― to introduce (someone) (lit. to put (someone) in front)

   uz pjedestāla stādīt ― to put (lit. make stand) on a pedestal, to glorify excessively

   Koronovs mūs stādīja rindā ― Koronovs made us stand in a row

   viņā pusē pie mura stādīja sešus vai septiņus notiesātos ― on the other side, by the wall, they had made six or seven convicts stand

   Augstība, atļaujiet jums stādīt priekšā baronesi Jakobīni ― Your Highness, allow us to introduce (lit. make stand in front of you) the Baroness Jakobīne

   mūsu tētis bērnus nekad kaktā nestāda ― our father never makes children stand in the corner (e.g., as punishment)

3. to set, to put in some place, state, or group, especially when evaluating, judging

   stādīt blakus ― to put (something) next to (something else, to compare them)

   stādīt pretī, pretim ― to put (something) opposite (something else, to contrast them)

   stādīt par priekšzīmi, par paraugu ― to set (something) as a model, an example

   stādīt jautājumu ― to raise (lit. put) a question

   dzīvi stādu pirmajā vietā, mīlu to ļoti ― I put life in the first place, I love it very much

   tikai viens fakts runāja Milleram par labu, un Roberts to tūlīt steidzās stādīt pretim Ezeriņa aizdomām ― only one fact spoke favorably of Millers, and Roberts hurried to put it opposite (= in opposition to) Ezeriņš's suspicion

4. (dated) to inoculate, to vaccinate

   stādīja bakas... iedzīvotājiem, kam pēdējo sešu gadu laikā nebija bakas stādītas ― they vaccinated against smallpox the (local) inhabitants, who had not been vaccinated during the previous six years

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other derived terms:

• stādīties

• stāds