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gādāt

gādāt

Latvian

Verb

gādāt tr. or intr., 2nd conj., pres. gādāju, gādā, gādā, past gādāju

  1. to take care of, to see to, to provide (to take actions so as to ensure something necessary or important)
    gādāt malku‎ ― to provide, take care of the firewood
    gādāt vajadzīgos līdzekļus‎ ― provide the necessary means, resources
    gādāt pārtiku ziemai‎ ― to take care of, provide food for winter
    gādāt par tīrību un kārtību‎ ― to take care of cleanliness and order
    grāmatas gādāja Kristīne‎ ― Kristīne took care of, provided the books
    par to es gādāšu‎ ― I will see to, take care of that
    māte tūliņ rosījās gādāt vakariņas‎ ― mother immediately got busy to take care of dinner
  2. to take care of, to care for, to look after, provide for (someone)
    gādāt par slimnieku‎ ― to care for a patient
    gādāt par ģimeni‎ ― to take care of, provide for (one's) family
    gādāt par bērnu nav tikai mātes daļa vien; arī ārsts, medicīnas māsa uzņemas rūpes par viņa veselību‎ ― to care for the child was not only the mother's task; also a doctor and a nurse took care of his health

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • rūpēties

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:
  • aizgādāt
  • apgādāt
  • atgādāt
  • iegādāt
  • izgādāt
  • nogādāt
  • pagādāt
  • pārgādāt
  • piegādāt
  • sagādāt
other derived terms:

References

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

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *gād-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷed- ‎(“to say, to speak”). Cognates include Lithuanian godóti ‎(“to think, to ponder, to dream”), godà ‎(“dream, longing, worry”), Proto-Slavic *gadati (Russian гадать ‎(gadát’) “to guess, to solve (puzzle),” dialectal “to speak,” archaic “to think, to acknowledge;” Polish gadać “to speak, to jabber”), Norwegian kvata ‎(“to chat”), Sanskrit गदति ‎(gádati, “to say, to speak”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡāːdâːt]

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