[ɡlâːpt]
CilmeFrom Proto-Baltic *gleb-, *glab-, *glāb-, from Proto-Indo-European *gelb(ʰ)-, *gleb(ʰ)- (“to squeeze while holding”), from *gel- (“to roll up together, into a ball; round object”) with an extra b(ʰ).
The semantic evolution was: “to grab, hold in one's hands” > “to keep, to protect (in one's hands)” > “to save (from danger, death).” Cognates include Lithuanian glóbti (“to hug, to embrace; to take, to grab for oneself; to cover, to wrap; to save, to help”), Old Prussian galbimai (“help”) (dative), poglabū (“he cuddled, hugged”), apglobte (“little crown sewn with white cloths which young women put on when they had a haircut”), Polish głobić (“to put a rim on (e.g., a barrel); to squeeze together”).
- transitiveto save (to act so as to prevent (someone's) death; to protect (someone) from death)
“glābt slīkstošo” — to save a drowning (person)
“glābt slimo bērnu” — to save a sick child
“glābt dzīvību” — to save (someone's) life
- transitiveto save (to cure, to restore to a normal state)
“ārsti mēģināja glābt roku” — the doctors tried to save (the patient's) hand
- transitiveto save (to prevent harm to something)
“bet mans kuģis? kas jūs pamudināja glābt arī to?” — and (what about) my ship? who will encourage you to save it, too?
“uguns bija ierobežota, sils glābts” — the fire was contained, the pine forest (was) saved
- transitiveto save (to take action to protect from misfortune, disasters, accidents, etc.; to protect from some unwanted situation, problem)
“glābt dzimteni” — to save (one's) homeland
“glābt no verdzības” — to save (someone) from slavery
“glābt no rājiena” — to save (someone) from a scolding, a reprimand
- transitiveto save (to take action to conserve one's honor, fame, reputation, etc.; to avoid dishonor, disgrace, etc.)
“glābt savu labo vārdu” — to save one's good name
“labi, ka vēl ir viena tikumīga meita pasaulē, kas glābj pagasta godu” — good that there still is one virtuous girl in the world that will save the honor of the parish
- figuratively, transitiveto save (to protect from something unwanted, undesirable)
““tie mūs no lietus neglābs”, Ģirts lūkojās bērzos” — “those won't save us from the rain,” Ģirts looked at the birch trees
Formasconjugation(first-person) · glābju(present) · glāb(present) · glābj(present) · glābu(past) · es(first-person, indicative, singular) · glābju(first-person, indicative, present, singular) · glābu(first-person, indicative, past, singular) · glābšu(first-person, future, indicative, singular) · -(first-person, imperative, singular) · tu(indicative, second-person, singular) · glāb(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · glābi(indicative, past, second-person, singular) · glābsi(future, indicative, second-person, singular) · glāb(imperative, second-person, singular) · viņš(indicative, singular, third-person) · viņa(indicative, singular, third-person) · glābj(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · glāba(indicative, past, singular, third-person) · glābs(future, indicative, singular, third-person)
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