[dzìmt], [dzīmt], [dzîmt]
CilmeFrom Proto-Baltic *gim-, from *gʷm̥-, the zero grade form of Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to go, to come, to step”) (whence also dzemdēt (“to give birth”), q.v.). The semantic evolution was “to come (into the world)” > “to be born.” Cognates include Lithuanian gim̃ti (present tense form gemù, gi̇̀mstu), Old Prussian gemmons (“born”), gemmans (“having given birth”), gimsenin (“birth[acc.]”) (< *gimt), Sudovian gemd (“to give birth”) (< *gemt). With the original meaning of *gʷem- (“to go, to come, to step”), also Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”) (Gothic 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (qiman), German kommen, English come), Sanskrit गमती (gámati), गच्छति (gácchati, “to go”), Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō, “to go, to move”) (< *bán-yō < *bám-yō, where *b < *gʷ), Latin veniō (“to come”) (< *gʷm̥-yō), Tocharian A käm-, kum-, Tocharian B käm-, kam-.
- intransitiveto be born (to separate physically from the body of one's mother during birth)
“dzimst bērni” — children are born
“zēns dzimis Rīgā” — the boy was born in Riga
“viņš dzimis 1963. gadā” — he was born in 1963
- intransitiveto be born (to begin, to take form, shape)
“diena dzima kā apskaidrota” — the day was born enlightened (= bright)
“Mūsa un Mēmele te saplūst kopā - un dzimst jauna upe” — the Mūsa and the Mēmele (river) converge - and a new river is born
“dzimst ne tikai cilvēki; dzimst arī zvaigznes un zvaigžņu pasaules” — not only people are born: also stars and star worlds (= planets) are born
- intransitiveto be born (to be made, to take form, shape)
“upju krastos spēkstacijas dzimst” — power plants are born on the banks of rivers
“viņa smadzenēs dzimst grandiozi nodomi, kas kalpo taisnībai, gaismai, laimei” — in his brain are born grandiose intentions to serve justice, light, happiness
“cilvēka smadzenes sastāv no 14 miljardiem šūnu; kā tajās dzimst idejas, tēli, vārdi?” — the human brain consists of 14 billion cells; how are ideas, images, words born in them?
Formasconjugation(first-person) · dzimstu(present) · dzimsti(present) · dzimst(present) · dzimu(past) · es(first-person, indicative, singular) · dzimstu(first-person, indicative, present, singular) · dzimu(first-person, indicative, past, singular) · dzimšu(first-person, future, indicative, singular) · -(first-person, imperative, singular) · tu(indicative, second-person, singular) · dzimsti(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · dzimi(indicative, past, second-person, singular) · dzimsi(future, indicative, second-person, singular) · dzimsti(imperative, second-person, singular) · viņš(indicative, singular, third-person) · viņa(indicative, singular, third-person) · dzimst(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · dzima(indicative, past, singular, third-person) · dzims(future, indicative, singular, third-person)