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Latvian

verb
Definitions
  • to give to hand to someone, so that s/he can have it
  • to give, to provide to allow the use of a material object, to free a place for someone else's use
  • (colloquial) to give in marriage
  • (colloquial) to allow (e.g., a son or daughter) to work, to be employed
  • to give, to grant, to procure, to secure (a state, circumstances)
  • to give, to dedicate, to donate, to provide (at birth)
  • (dated sense) to allow, to permit
  • to give to express orally or in writing
  • to give to add to a text
  • (mathematics) to be given, to be known from the start
  • (of physical or mental states) to give (to create, to inspire, to generate)
  • (of results, effects) to give, to provide, to be the cause (of something)
  • (of material objects, values, also of spiritual or cultural values) to give, to produce, to create
  • (colloquial) to give, to pay
  • (colloquial) to give, to estimate as
  • (colloquial) to hit
  • (colloquial) to shoot, to give a shot

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dṓˀtei inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti (give, be giving).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dédeh₃ti

Gloss

give, be giving

Concept
Semantic Field

Possession

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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