[darîːt]
CilmeOriginally the iterative counterpart of an earlier verb *dert (“to tear, to split”), from Proto-Baltic *der-, from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to split, to tear, to peel”).
The meaning evolved as follows: “to tear, to split” > “to cut, to chop (wood)” (cf. the derived form darināt kokus “to pear, to cut (branches) off (a tree)”) > “to make by cutting (e.g., like a carpenter)” > “to make, to do.” Cognates include Lithuanian darýti (“to do, to make”).
- transitiveto do (to carry out, to realize something, to be busy with something)
“darīt mājas darbus” — to do house work
“darīt darāmo” — to do what is to be done, what needs to be done
“parādīt, kas jādara” — to show what needs to be done
- transitiveto do, to make (to behave in a certain way, e.g., to cause something to happen)
“darīt nedarbus” — to make mischief
“darīt muļķības” — to do stupid things
“darīt blēņas” — to do pranks
- transitiveto do, to make, to cause (to create, originate something with one's actions, behavior; to change the state (of someone, something) with one's action, behavior, existence)
“darīt sāpes” — to cause pain
“dāvana dara zēnam prieku” — the gift made joy to the boy (= made him happy)
“nedarīt kaunu savam kolektīvam” — to not cause shame to one's team
- especially, rare, transitiveto make, to prepare
“darīt alu, sviestu” — to make beer, butter
“darīt desas” — to make sausages
- transitiveto make
“darīt pastalas” — to make pastalas (= primitive shoes)
“sīki putni ligzdu dara” — small birds make (their) nests
- transitiveto close (with ciet, older cieti; compare German zumachen)
“jūs acis cieti darāt” — you close your eyes
Formasconjugation(third-person) · daru(present) · dari(present) · dara(present) · darīju(past) · es(first-person, indicative, singular) · daru(first-person, indicative, present, singular) · darīju(first-person, indicative, past, singular) · darīšu(first-person, future, indicative, singular) · -(first-person, imperative, singular) · tu(indicative, second-person, singular) · dari(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · darīji(indicative, past, second-person, singular) · darīsi(future, indicative, second-person, singular) · dari(imperative, second-person, singular) · viņš(indicative, singular, third-person) · viņa(indicative, singular, third-person) · dara(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · darīja(indicative, past, singular, third-person) · darīs(future, indicative, singular, third-person)