zvejot

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Latvian[edit]

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Zvejot

Etymology[edit]

From the same Proto-Baltic stem *žuw- as zveja (“fishing”), made into a second conjugation verb (ending -ot). It probably replaced an earlier verb *žūt, directly derived from *žuw-; cf. Lithuanian žvejoti (“to fish”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

zvejot (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present zvejoju, zvejo, zvejo, past zvejoju)

  1. to fish (to catch fish or other maritime animals (or also other maritime objects), with fishing tools, e.g., net, fishing rod, etc.)
    zvejot jūrā, ezerā, upē ― to fish in the sea, in a lake, in a river
    te mēs ar tīklu jedām zvejojām stores ― there we fished sturgeon with a fishing net
    literatūrā ir norādes, ka arī Latvijā kādreiz zvejotas pērles ― in the literature there are indications that also in Latvia pearls were once hunted (lit. fished)
  2. (colloquial) to fish (to remove something from a liquid)
    zvejot ar karoti biezumus no zupas ― to fish (= remove) lumps from the soup with a spoon
    kokus ar ķeksi zvejot laukā no ūdens ― to fish tree (trunks, timber) out of the water with a cant hook / boathook

Conjugation[edit]

conjugation of zvejot
INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme) IMPERATIVE
(pavēles izteiksme)
Present
(tagadne) 		Past
(pagātne) 		Future
(nākotne)
1st pers. sg. es zvejoju zvejoju zvejošu —
2nd pers. sg. tu zvejo zvejoji zvejosi zvejo
3rd pers. sg. viņš, viņa zvejo zvejoja zvejos lai zvejo
1st pers. pl. mēs zvejojam zvejojām zvejosim zvejosim
2nd pers. pl. jūs zvejojat zvejojāt zvejosiet,
zvejosit 		zvejojiet
3rd pers. pl. viņi, viņas zvejo zvejoja zvejos lai zvejo
RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme) PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
Present zvejojot Present Active 1 (Adj.) zvejojošs
Past esot zvejojis Present Active 2 (Adv.) zvejodams
Future zvejošot Present Active 3 (Adv.) zvejojot
Imperative lai zvejojot Present Active 4 (Obj.) zvejojam
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme) Past Active zvejojis
Present zvejotu Present Passive zvejojams
Past būtu zvejojis Past Passive zvejots
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme) NOMINAL FORMS
Indicative (būt) jāzvejo Infinitive (nenoteiksme) zvejot
Conjunctive 1 esot jāzvejo Negative Infinitive nezvejot
Conjunctive 2 jāzvejojot Verbal noun zvejošana

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “zvejot”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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