CilmeFrom mīls, a dialectal variant of mīļš (“dear, beloved”) (q.v.). This verb was originally in the 2nd conjugation, but it migrated to the 3rd (mīlē > mīl “s/he loves”; mīlē still occurs in some dialects). Cognates include Lithuanian mylė́ti (“to love”), Old Prussian milijt ([mīlīt]), Sudovian miłdat ([mildāt]?).
- transitiveto love, to feel love for (to desire a romantic relation with someone, to be romantically attracted to someone)
“mēs viens otru neprātīgi mīlējām” — we loved each other madly
“mīlēt šo sievieti bijā viņa liktenis” — to love this woman was his fate
“es iešu tikai pie tā cilvēka, kuru mīlēšu” — I will go (= marry) only that person (= man) whom I (will) love
- transitiveto love, to feel love for (to have strong positive, non-romantic feelings for someone)
“mīlēt bērnus” — to love (one's) children
“mīlēt tēvu, māti” — to love (one's) father, mother
“mīlēt savu dzimteni” — to love one's family
Formasconjugation(third-person) · mīlu(present) · mīli(present) · mīl(present) · mīlēju(past) · es(first-person, indicative, singular) · mīlu(first-person, indicative, present, singular) · mīlēju(first-person, indicative, past, singular) · mīlēšu(first-person, future, indicative, singular) · -(first-person, imperative, singular) · tu(indicative, second-person, singular) · mīli(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · mīlēji(indicative, past, second-person, singular) · mīlēsi(future, indicative, second-person, singular) · mīli(imperative, second-person, singular) · viņš(indicative, singular, third-person) · viņa(indicative, singular, third-person) · mīl(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · mīlēja(indicative, past, singular, third-person) · mīlēs(future, indicative, singular, third-person)