pavēlēt
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Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pa- + vēlēt (“to want, to wish”). The original meaning was “to permit, to allow; to wish,” but this word was apparently influenced by the similar-sounding German befehlen (“to order, to command”), and changed its meaning accordingly.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]pavēlēt (transitive, 3rd conjugation, present pavēlu, pavēli, pavēl, past pavēlēju)
- to order, to command (to indicate, to tell what to do)
- pavēlēt kādam ierasties ― to order someone to come
- “dzer!” viņš pavēlēja, un puika attaisīja pudeli un dzēra ― “drink!” he ordered, and the boy opened the bottle and drank
- (military) to order, to command (to give, to issue a formal order)
- rotas komandieris pavēlēja tālāk neuzbrukt ― the company commander ordered not to attack any further
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of pavēlēt
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “vēlēt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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