šūt

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sjū́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *syewh₁- (“to bind, to tie”), whence also Latvian siet (“to bind”). A historical connection between the meanings “to tie, to bind” and “to sew” is also found elsewhere (cf. Sanskrit सीव्यति (sī́vyati, “to sew”), which has an older meaning “link, bond”.) Cognates include Lithuanian siū́ti, Old Prussian schuwikis (“cobbler”, literally “shoe-sewer”), Old Church Slavonic шити (šiti), Russian шить (šitʹ), Belarusian шыць (šycʹ), Ukrainian ши́ти (šýty), Bulgarian шия (šija), Czech šíti, Polish szyć, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 (siujan), Old Norse sýja, Old High German siuwan, Sanskrit स्यूत (syūta), Latin suō.^[1]

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šūt (transitive, 1st conjugation, present šuju, šuj, šuj, past šuvu)

1. to sew (to join pieces of fabric together by passing thread repeatedly on them with the help of a needle)

   šūt audekla gabalus ― to sew pieces of fabric

   šūt uzvalku, kažoku ― to sew a suit, a coat

   šūt zābakus ― to sew boots

   šūt pārvalku ― to sew a hood

   šūt piedurkni ― to sew a sleeve

   šūt vīli ― to sew the seam

   šūt ar adatu ― to sew with a needle

   šūt ar (šuj)mašīnu ― to sew with a (sewing) machine

   viņa bija kailu galvu, moderni šūtā mētelī ― she was in a modern(ly) sewn coat without a hood

   māte to šuva atkal un atkal, un tā ira atkal un atkal ― mother sewed it (= coat) again and again, and it unraveled again and again

2. (medicine) to sew (to close (e.g., a wound) or to link organs, tissues, etc., with a special threadlike material)

   mūsu mikroķirurģijas centros gandrīz vai ik dienas veic vairāk vai mazāk sarežģītas operācijas, šuj asinsvadus un nervus ― almost every day, in our microsurgery centers, more or less complicated operations are carried out, blood vessels and nerves are sewn

3. (metallurgy) to (seam-)weld (to join, e.g. metal sheets, parts, etc., with special techniques that create a connecting edge between the joined elements)

   šūt skārda loksnes ― to weld tin sheets

   Ebars metināja, šuva garu šuvi... šodien vajadzētu savienot vismaz sešās vietās šo četrcollīgo cauruli ― Ebars was welding, welding a long seam... today it would be necessary to connect this 4-inch pipe in at least six places

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other derived terms:

• šuve
• šuvējs, šuvēja
• šuveklis

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