ziemot

Latvian[edit]

From the same stem as ziema (“winter”), made into a second conjugation verb (ending -ot).^[1]

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ziemot (intransitive, 2nd conjugation, present ziemoju, ziemo, ziemo, past ziemoju)

to winter, to overwinter (to stay, to continue living somewhere during winter; to spend the winter somewhere)
bites šogad labi ziemojuasš ― the bees have wintered well this year

zināmas apmēram 420 vietas, kur regulāri vai neregulāri ziemo pīles ― 420 places are known where ducks regularly or irregularly winter

gulbji neiet projām, gulbji paliek ziemot ― swans do not go away, swans stay for the winter (lit. stay to winter)

ekspedicija ziemoja pola tuvumā ― the expedition spent the winter near the pole
(of plants) to winter, to overwinter (to keep the capacity to grow during winter)
ziemojošas lauksaimniecības kultūras ― overwintering crops

sīpoli labi ziemo, ja tiem līdz salam paspējušas izveidoties saknes ― onions winter well, if they had time to develop roots before (the time of) frosts

conjugation of ziemot

	INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme)				IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme)
		Present (tagadne)	Past (pagātne)	Future (nākotne)	IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme)
1st pers. sg.	es	ziemoju	ziemoju	ziemošu	—
2nd pers. sg.	tu	ziemo	ziemoji	ziemosi	ziemo
3rd pers. sg.	viņš, viņa	ziemo	ziemoja	ziemos	lai ziemo
1st pers. pl.	mēs	ziemojam	ziemojām	ziemosim	ziemosim
2nd pers. pl.	jūs	ziemojat	ziemojāt	ziemosiet, ziemosit	ziemojiet
3rd pers. pl.	viņi, viņas	ziemo	ziemoja	ziemos	lai ziemo

RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme)			PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
Present	ziemojot		Present Active 1 (Adj.)		ziemojošs
Past	esot ziemojis		Present Active 2 (Adv.)		ziemodams
Future	ziemošot		Present Active 3 (Adv.)		ziemojot
Imperative	lai ziemojot		Present Active 4 (Obj.)		ziemojam
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme)			Past Active		ziemojis
Present	ziemotu		Present Passive		—
Past	būtu ziemojis		Past Passive		—
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme)			NOMINAL FORMS
Indicative	(būt) jāziemo		Infinitive (nenoteiksme)		ziemot
Conjunctive 1	esot jāziemo		Negative Infinitive		neziemot
Conjunctive 2	jāziemojot		Verbal noun		ziemošana

^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ziema”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN