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Latvian
Etymology
From svars (“weight”) + -īgs (with semantic change: “heavy” > “important”; the “heavy” sense is still sporadically attested).
Adjective
svarīgs (definite svarīgais, comparative svarīgāks, superlative vissvarīgākais, adverb svarīgi)
- important, significant (which has great value, significance, impact)
- svarīgs lēmums, uzdevums ― important decision, task
- svarīgs atzinums, notikums ― important fiding, event
- svarīgs jautājums, arguments ― important question, argument
- svarīga saruna ― important conversation
- svarīgas ziņas ― important news
- svarīgi viesi ― important guests
- (of time periods) important, significant (when something of importance happened or may happen)
- svarīgs dzīves posms ― an important stage of life
- svarīgi mirkļi dzīvē ― important moments in life
- (of people) important, proud, having high social position
- izskatās viņi tik svarīgi, un tu esi ne vairāk kā sīks puteklītis viņu ceļā ― they look so important, and you are no more than a tiny speck of dust on their way
- (rare) heavy
- nākt svarīgiem soļiem ― to come with heavy steps
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