CilmeFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *gāsīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷes-.
Cognates include Lithuanian gèsti, Proto-Slavic *gasiti (whence Russian гаси́ть (gasítʹ), Polish gasić, Czech hasit).
- transitiveto extinguish, to put out
“dzēst ugunsgrēku” — to extinguish a fire
“dzēst sveci” — to put out a candle
- transitiveto erase, to delete
“dzēst zīmi” — to erase a mark
- transitiveto pay off, to pay back, to clear (a debt)
“dzēst aizdevumu” — to pay off a loan
“dzēst soda naudu” — to pay a fine
- transitiveto slake
“dzēstie kaļķi” — slaked lime
Formasconjugation(first-person) · dzēšu(present) · dzēs(present) · dzēš(present) · dzēsu(past) · es(first-person, indicative, singular) · dzēšu(first-person, indicative, present, singular) · dzēsu(first-person, indicative, past, singular) · dzēsīšu(first-person, future, indicative, singular) · -(first-person, imperative, singular) · tu(indicative, second-person, singular) · dzēs(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · dzēsi(indicative, past, second-person, singular) · dzēsīsi(future, indicative, second-person, singular) · dzēs(imperative, second-person, singular) · viņš(indicative, singular, third-person) · viņa(indicative, singular, third-person) · dzēš(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · dzēsa(indicative, past, singular, third-person) · dzēsīs(future, indicative, singular, third-person)
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