tirgot

From the same source as tirgus (“market”), made into a 2nd-conjugation verb in -ot.

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tirgot (transitive or intransitive, 2nd conjugation, present tirgoju, tirgo, tirgo, past tirgoju)

1. to sell, to vend (goods, usually in the market, in a shop

   tirgot ābolus ― to sell apples

   jauna dāma tirgo skābētus gurķus: lielākie maksā 5 rubļus, bet mazākie - 8 rubļus ― a young lady sells pickled cucumbers; the bigger ones cost 5 rubles, the smaller ones - 8 rubles

   valsts kioskos par stabilām cenām tirgo svaigas un žāvētas reņģes ― in the public shops (they) sold fresh and dried herring at stable prices

2. (intransitively) to sell, to vend, to deal with, to trade (goods, usually in the market, in a shop)

   visu dienu tirgojām ― we sold, traded (goods) the whole day

   šodien labi tirgots ― today (it was) well sold (= today we sold well, a lot)

   liela daļa veikalu kara laikā bija slēgti; ar ko tad tirgos? ― most of the shops were closed during the war; with what then will one deal, trade?

• (of "sell"): pārdot

prefixed verbs:

other derived terms:

• tirgotājs, tirgotāja
• tirgotava
• tirgoties

• tirdzinieks, tirdziniece
• tirdzniecība, tirdzniecisks
• tirgonis, tirgone
• tirgus