[zāːɟɛ̂ːt]
CilmeFrom the same stem as zāģis (“saw”), made into a 2nd-conjugation transitive verb (ending -ēt).
- transitiveto saw (to cut something with a saw; to work with a saw, also with a special saw)
“viņš neprot zāģēt” — he doesn't know how to saw
“zāģēt visu dienu” — to saw the whole day
“zāģēt malku, baļķus, dēļus” — to saw (fire)wood, logs, boards
- transitiveto play (usually string instrument) very ineptly, producing unpleasant sounds
“Baha un Vivaldi šedevrus spēlējot, puisis vaibstījās... vienaldzīgi zāģēdams stīgas” — playing Bach and Vivaldi masterpieces, the boy was making faces... indifferently sawing the strings
- figuratively, transitiveto make unpleasant sounds (of animals); to snore
“pļaviņā zāģēja grieze” — in the meadow a corncrake (bird) was sawing
“kaut kur nomalē dzird ēzeļa žēlās gaudas; zāģē kā ar zāģēšanu” — somewhere in the area one (could) hear a donkey's lamenting wails; it sawed (= brayed) like (real) sawing
“uz brīdi pārstāja krākt, bet nu jau zāģē atkal” — for a second he stopped snoring, but now he is sawing (= snoring) again
- colloquial, transitiveto blame, to complain all the time
“sieva Lavīze arvien vēl zāģēja veco par postu, kas viņus piemeklējis” — the wife, Lavīze, still sawed (= complained to, blamed) the old one (= husband) for the misery that had befallen them
“mani sieva zāģē vienā zāģēšanā, ka mežacūkām kartupeļus grūžot iekšā!” — (my) wife saws (= blames, complains to) me in one sawing (= all the time), the way one shoves potatoes into a wild pig!
- colloquial, transitiveto harm, to persecute, to make trouble for someone
“internāta pārzine tagad tevi zāģēs ilgu laiku” — the school board will now saw (= persecute) you for quite a while
Formasconjugation(second-person) · zāģēju(present) · zāģē(present) · zāģēju(past) · es(first-person, indicative, singular) · zāģēju(first-person, indicative, present, singular) · zāģēju(first-person, indicative, past, singular) · zāģēšu(first-person, future, indicative, singular) · -(first-person, imperative, singular) · tu(indicative, second-person, singular) · zāģē(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · zāģēji(indicative, past, second-person, singular) · zāģēsi(future, indicative, second-person, singular) · zāģē(imperative, second-person, singular) · viņš(indicative, singular, third-person) · viņa(indicative, singular, third-person) · zāģē(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · zāģēja(indicative, past, singular, third-person) · zāģēs(future, indicative, singular, third-person) · lai zāģē(imperative, singular, third-person)
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