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dzimt

dzimt

Latvian

Verb

dzimt intr., 1st conj., pres. dzimstu, dzimsti, dzimst, past dzimu

  1. to be born (to separate physically from the body of one's mother during birth)
    dzimst bērni‎ ― children are born
    zēns dzimis Rīgā‎ ― the boy was born in Riga
    viņš dzimis 1963. gadā‎ ― he was born in 1963
    dzīvniekiem dzimst mazuļi‎ ― baby (animals) are born to animals (= animals have babies)
    paskaties visapkārt: kad Auruciemā dzimst bērni? rudeņos... visas manas četras meitas pasaulē nākušas rudenī‎ ― look around: when are children born in Auruciems? in autumn... all my four daughters came to the world (= were born) in autumn
  2. (of natural or social phenomena) to be born (to begin, to take form, shape)
    diena dzima kā apskaidrota‎ ― the day was born enlightened (= bright)
    Mūsa un Mēmele te saplūst kopā - un dzimst jauna upe‎ ― the Mūsa and the Mēmele (river) converge - and a new river is born
    dzimst ne tikai cilvēki; dzimst arī zvaigznes un zvaigžņu pasaules‎ ― not only people are born: also stars and star worlds (= planets) are born
    februāra revolūcija dzima pasaules imperiālistiskā kara laikā‎ ― the February revolution was born during the imperialistic world war
  3. (of objects, also thoughts, ideas) to be born (to be made, to take form, shape)
    upju krastos spēkstacijas dzimst‎ ― power plants are born on the banks of rivers
    viņa smadzenēs dzimst grandiozi nodomi, kas kalpo taisnībai, gaismai, laimei‎ ― in his brain are born grandiose intentions to serve justice, light, happiness
    cilvēka smadzenes sastāv no 14 miljardiem šūnu; kā tajās dzimst idejas, tēli, vārdi?‎ ― the human brain consists of 14 billion cells; how are ideas, images, words born in them?

Conjugation

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:
  • atdzimt
  • iedzimt
  • izdzimt
  • pārdzimt
  • piedzimt
  • sadzimt
other derived terms:

Related terms

References

  1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “dzimt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *gim-, from *gʷm̥-, the zero grade form of Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‎(“to go, to come, to step”) (whence also dzemdēt ‎(“to give birth”), q.v.). The semantic evolution was “to come (into the world)” > “to be born.” Cognates include Lithuanian gim̃ti (present tense form gemù, gìmstu), Old Prussian gemmons ‎(“born”), gemmans ‎(“having given birth”), gimsenin ‎(“birth[acc.]”) (< *gimt), Sudovian gemd ‎(“to give birth”) (< *gemt). With the original meaning of *gʷem- ‎(“to go, to come, to step”), also Proto-Germanic *kwemaną ‎(“to come”) (Gothic 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 ‎(qiman), German kommen, English come), Sanskrit गमती ‎(gámati), गच्छति ‎(gácchati, “to go”), Ancient Greek βαίνω ‎(baínō, “to go, to move”) (< *bán-yō < *bám-yō, where *b < *gʷ), Latin veniō ‎(“to come”) (< *gʷm̥-yō), Tocharian A käm-, kum-, Tocharian B käm-, kam-.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dzìmt]
  • IPA(key): [dzīmt]
  • IPA(key): [dzîmt]

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