CilmeFrom inde (“poison”), made into a 2nd-conjugation verb.
- imperfective, transitiveto poison, to try to kill with poison
“indēt peles, žurkas, mušas” — to poison mice, rats, flies
“sekretāru vairākas reizes mēģināja nonāvēt: uz viņu šāva, viņu indēja ar arsēnu...” — they tried several times to kill the secretary: they shot at him, poisoned him with arsenic...
- imperfective, transitiveto poison (to disturb, to weaken the functioning of the organism with poisonous substances)
“smēķētāju gadiem indējis nikotīns” — nicotine has poisoned the smoker for years
“indēt sevi ar akoholu” — to poison oneself with alcohol
- figuratively, transitiveto poison (to have bad effects or influence on people)
“taču pats skolas gars - literatūra, dabas zinātnes, vēstures izpratne - darīja savu, indēja mūs ar šovinismu, rasismu” — but the very school spirit (teaching) - literature, natural sciences, historical studies - had its effect, (it) poisoned us with chauvinism, racism
Formasconjugation(second-person) · indēju(present) · indē(present) · indēju(past) · es(first-person, indicative, singular) · indēju(first-person, indicative, present, singular) · indēju(first-person, indicative, past, singular) · indēšu(first-person, future, indicative, singular) · -(first-person, imperative, singular) · tu(indicative, second-person, singular) · indē(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · indēji(indicative, past, second-person, singular) · indēsi(future, indicative, second-person, singular) · indē(imperative, second-person, singular) · viņš(indicative, singular, third-person) · viņa(indicative, singular, third-person) · indē(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · indēja(indicative, past, singular, third-person) · indēs(future, indicative, singular, third-person) · lai indē(imperative, singular, third-person)
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