eksistēt

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Latvian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Via some other European language (cf. French exister, German existieren), ultimately borrowed from Latin exsistō (to exist).

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eksistēt (intransitive, 2nd conjugation, present eksistēju, eksistē, eksistē, past eksistēju)

  1. to exist, to be
    telpa un laiks eksistē objektīvi, reāli, neatkarīgi no mūsu priekšstatiemspace and time exist objectively, in reality, independently from our ideas
  2. to be alive
    visam taču bija nozīme tikai tad, ja viņš eksistēbut everything had meaning only as long as he existed (= was alive)
    būt, eksistēt, elpot, sajust un apzināties dzīvības krāšņo plūsmu sev visapkārt: tā taču visaugstākā laime katrai apzinīgai būtneito be, to exist, to breathe, to feel and to perceive the magnificent flow of life around oneself: this is, however, the highest happiness for every conscious creature
  3. (colloquial) to subsist, to live on
    eksistēt ar godīgi nopelnītoto subsist on what was honorably, fairly earned

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