dzimt

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Latvian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 159: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value bat-pro is not valid. See WT:LOL. *gim-, from *gʷm̥-, the zero grade form of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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

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Verb

dzimt (intransitive, 1st conjugation, present dzimstu, dzimsti, dzimst, past dzimu)

  1. to be born (to separate physically from the body of one's mother during birth)
    dzimst bērnichildren are born
    zēns dzimis Rīgāthe boy was born in Riga
    viņš dzimis 1963. gadāhe was born in 1963
    dzīvniekiem dzimst mazuļibaby (animals) are born to animals (= animals have babies)
    paskaties visapkārt: kad Auruciemā dzimst bērni? rudeņos... visas manas četras meitas pasaulē nākušas rudenīlook 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 apskaidrotathe day was born enlightened (= bright)
    Mūsa un Mēmele te saplūst kopā - un dzimst jauna upethe Mūsa and the Mēmele (river) converge - and a new river is born
    dzimst ne tikai cilvēki; dzimst arī zvaigznes un zvaigžņu pasaulesnot only people are born: also stars and star worlds (= planets) are born
    februāra revolūcija dzima pasaules imperiālistiskā kara laikāthe 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 dzimstpower plants are born on the banks of rivers
    viņa smadzenēs dzimst grandiozi nodomi, kas kalpo taisnībai, gaismai, laimeiin 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?

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References

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