CilmeVia other European languages (probably French geste “gesture”), ultimately borrowed from Latin gestus (“posture, attitude, gesture”), a noun related to the verb gerō (“to carry, to bear”).
- declension-1, masculinegesture, sign (meaningful movement, especially of one's hand or head)
“pavēles žests” — commanding gesture
“teatrāls žests” — theatrical gesture
“žestu valoda” — sign language
- declension-1, figuratively, masculinegesture (an act, action with a certain meaning, that shows a certain attitude)
“draudzīgs žests” — a friendly gesture
“cēls žests” — a noble gesture
“zēns izrāva lielo “Rīgu” un piedāvāja visiem... uz kapteini šis žests, acīm redzot, atstāja labu iespaidu” — the boy pulled out a big “Rīga” (pack of cigarettes) and gave (cigarettes) to everyone... this gesture clearly left a good impression on the captain
Formasžests(nominative, singular) · žesti(nominative, plural) · žesta(genitive, singular) · žestu(genitive, plural) · žestam(dative, singular) · žestiem(dative, plural) · žestu(accusative, singular) · žestus(accusative, plural) · žestu(instrumental, singular) · žestiem(instrumental, plural) · žestā(locative, singular) · žestos(locative, plural) · žest(singular, vocative) · žesti(plural, vocative)
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