vingrināt

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Latvian

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Etymology

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From vingrs (agile, strong) +‎ -ināt (or perhaps from vingr(ot) (to exercise (intr.)) +‎ -ināt). In its modern sense, this term was introduced by A. Kronvalds in the 1870s; previously, its meaning had been simply “to refresh, to freshen up.”[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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vingrināt

  1. second-person plural present indicative of vingrināt

vingrināt (transitive, 3rd conjugation, present vingrinu, vingrini, vingrina, past vingrināju)

  1. to exercise (to make (someone, a body part) stronger, more agile, with physical exercises)
    Rugālis, atmeties gultā virs segas, vingrināja kustībās savas ievainotās kājas pēduRugālis, lying down in bed under the sheets, exercised his wounded feet with (= in) movements
    viņa vingrina vēdera muskuļus, desmit divdesmit reizes tos savelkot un atlaižotshe exercises (her) abdominal muscles, tightening and releasing them ten, twenty times
    tā ir pēdējās kara ziemas vingrināta un asināta spējathis is an ability exercised (= trained) and sharpened (= honed) in the last winter of war

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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