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vainot

vainot

Finnish

Noun

vainot

  1. plural of vaino

Anagrams


Latvian

Etymology

From the same stem as vaina (guilt), made into a 2nd-conjugation verb stem (ending -ot).[1]

Verb

vainot intr., 2nd conj., pres. vainoju, vaino, vaino, past vainoju

  1. to find (someone) guilty, to blame, to attribute guilt to (someone)
    vainot pašam sevi ― to blame oneself
    vainot kādu vai visos grēkos ― to blame someone for all sins
    tur neviens nav vainojams ― there is nobody to blame (lit. blamable) in that
    lomi nāca, bet vēl arvien pamazi; kapteinis vainoja zivju mistaru, ka tas neprot noteikt tīklu dziļumu ― (fish) catches came, but still gradually; the captain blamed the fish master for not knowing how to determine the depth of the net
    pulksteņi nav vainojami; lietiņa, rau, tāda, ka jūsējais rāda Maskavas laiku, bet manējais - Rietumeiropas... starpība: divas stundas ― the clocks are not to blame; a little thing like yours shows Moscow time, and mine - Western European... difference: two hours

Conjugation

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:
  • aizvainot
  • apvainot
  • izvainot
  • savainot

Related terms

References

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