[nâːvɛ̂ːt]
CilmeFrom the same stem as nāve (“death”), made into a second-conjugation verb (ending -ēt).
- transitiveto kill (to put (a living being) to death, to cause it to die, to be the cause of its death)
“putniņus nedomāju nāvēt” — I do not think (= intend) to kill the little birds
“es redzēju, kā fašisti koncentrācijas nometnē nāvēja cilvēkus visādiem līdzekļiem un paņēmieniem” — I saw that they killed people in fascist concentration camps with all kinds of means and methods
“atsacīšanās no pīpēšanas un dzeršanas, šiem patiešām nāvējošiem paradumiem, ir pirmais noteikums, lai izsargātos no stenokardijas, sirds infarkta un varbūtējas pēkšņas nāves” — giving up smoking and drinking, these really deadly (lit. killing) habits, that is the first rule to prevent angina, heart attack and presumed sudden death
- figuratively, transitiveto kill (to destroy, to make disappear)
“nāvēt aizspriedumus” — to kill prejudice
“nolūka nav viņa gaitai; viņš klaiņo, garlaicību nāvēdams” — his going has no purpose; he wanders around, killing boredom
Formasconjugation(second-person) · nāvēju(present) · nāvē(present) · nāvēju(past) · es(first-person, indicative, singular) · nāvēju(first-person, indicative, present, singular) · nāvēju(first-person, indicative, past, singular) · nāvēšu(first-person, future, indicative, singular) · -(first-person, imperative, singular) · tu(indicative, second-person, singular) · nāvē(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · nāvēji(indicative, past, second-person, singular) · nāvēsi(future, indicative, second-person, singular) · nāvē(imperative, second-person, singular) · viņš(indicative, singular, third-person) · viņa(indicative, singular, third-person) · nāvē(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · nāvēja(indicative, past, singular, third-person) · nāvēs(future, indicative, singular, third-person) · lai nāvē(imperative, singular, third-person)
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