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dziedāt

dziedāt

See also: dziedat

Latvian

Dziedāt
Dziedāt

Verb

dziedāt tr. or intr., 3rd conj. irregular, pres. dziedu, dziedi, dzied, past dziedāju

  1. to sing (to use one's voice to produce musical sounds)
    dziedāt klusā balsī‎ ― to sing in a soft voice
    dziedāt divbalsīgi‎ ― to sing in two voices
    meitene labi dzied‎ ― the girl sings well
    mācīties dziedāt‎ ― to learn to sing
    dziedot dzimu, dziedot augu, dziedot mūžu nodzīvoju‎ ― singing I am born, singing I grow, singing I live (my) life
  2. to sing (to reproduce a song with one's voice)
    dziedāt tautas dziesmas‎ ― to sing folk songs
    protams, Šūberta dziesmas jādzied vienkārši; melodijai jāplūst dabīgi‎ ― of course, one must sing Schubert's songs in a simple way; the melody must flow naturally
  3. to sing (to practice a vocal art; to participate in a singing group, to play a singing role in a musical performance)
    dziedāt operas teātrī‎ ― to sing an opera in the theater
    dziedāt pašdarbības kolektīvā‎ ― to sing in an amateur group
    dziedāt koncertā, korī, izrādē‎ ― to sing in a concert, choir, show
    dziedāt titullomu operas izrādē‎ ― to sing the title role in an opera performance
  4. (in 3rd person; of certain birds, insects) to sing (to produce sounds, often melodious sounds, typical of its species)
    gailis dzied‎ ― the rooster crows (lit. sings)
    viens putniņš zara galā dzied‎ ― one little bird is singing at the end of a branch
    kur klusā naktī lakstīgalas dzied, tur klausīties man labprāt tīkas iet‎ ― where in the silent night the nightingales sing, there I would love to go listen
    “circenis!” bērni sāka čukstēt: “circenis dzied!”‎ ― “crickets!” the children began whispering: “the crickets are singing”
  5. (in 3rd person; of musical instruments, or other sources of sound) to sing (to produce a musical, melodious sound)
    maigi dzied vijole‎ ― the violin sings softly
    vējš dzied skurstenī‎ ― the wind sings in the chimney
    žžž... žžž... šujmašīnas dzied savu darba dziesmu‎ ― žžž... žžž... the sewing machines are singing their work song
  6. (poetic) to sing (to write, to recite poetry)
    dzejnieks dzied par tām pašām vecām lietām: par dabu un mīlestību‎ ― the poet sings about those same old things: nature and love

Conjugation

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:
  • aizdziedāt
  • apdziedāt
  • atdziedāt
  • iedziedāt
  • izdziedāt
  • nodziedāt
  • padziedāt
  • pārdziedāt
  • piedziedāt
  • sadziedāt
  • uzdziedāt
other derived terms:

Related terms

References

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

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *geyd-, from Proto-Indo-European *gēy-, *goy-, *gī- ‎(“to sing, to call, to shout”) with an extra -d. Originally, dziedāt was an iterative-intensive form of an earlier verb, either *dzīst (< *gī-d-ti; cf, Lithuanian pra-gýsti), or *dziet (< *gie- < *gēy-, from which also dziesma ‎(“song”)). Cognates include Lithuanian giedóti ‎(“to sing”), pragýsti ‎(“to begin to sing”), gáida, gaidà ‎(“melody; singer”), Proto-Slavic *gayati (Old East Slavic гаяти ‎(gajati, “to croak, to caw”), Russian dialectal гаять ‎(gájat’, “to yawn; to speak, to shout, to make noise; to swear, to yell at someone; to drive animals by shouting”)), Sanskrit गायति ‎(gāyati), गाति ‎(gā́jati, gā́ti, “to sing”), गीत ‎(gī́ta, “having sung”), Tocharian A kāk ‎(“he called”), Tocharian B kāka ‎(“he called”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dziɛ̂dâːt]

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