zviegt

Latvian

FWOTD – 21 August 2015

Zviegt

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 239: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "bat-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL. *žweng-tey, *žweng-ti, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰʷeng-tey, from *ǵʰʷen- “to sound, to make a sound” (whence also the borrowing zvanīt) with an extra g. Cognates include (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lithuanian žvéngti “to neigh, to laugh out loud,” žviẽgti “to neigh, to squeak, to shout loud.”^[1]

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zviegt (intransitive, 1st conjugation, present zviedzu, zviedz, zviedz, past zviedzu)

(only 3rd person, of horses) to neigh, to whinny (to produce a horse's typical cry)
zirgi zviedz ― the horses are neighing

kūtī viens pats atstāts, nemitīgi zviedza Lejassmeltēnu Jorģa ērzelis ― left alone in the barn, Lejassmeltēnu Jorgis' stallion neighed constantly
to laugh out loud, uproariously
tanī brīdī mani sagrāba smiekli... tas, protams, bija zemiski no manas puses, nenoliedzu... zviegt tādā brīdī ― at that moment I was overcome by laughter... this, of course, was very impolite from me, I don't deny... to laugh out loud at such a moment

liekas, ka nekas tāds jocīgs uz skatuves nenotiktu, bet lejā it visi atkal sāk zviegt smeklos un aplaudē ― it seems that nothing funny would happen on the stage, but down below again everybody began to laugh out loud and applaud

conjugation of zviegt

	INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme)				IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme)
		Present (tagadne)	Past (pagātne)	Future (nākotne)	IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme)
1st pers. sg.	es	zviedzu	zvedzu	zviegšu	—
2nd pers. sg.	tu	zvedz	zvedzi	zviegsi	zvedz
3rd pers. sg.	viņš, viņa	zviedz	zvedza	zviegs	lai zviedz
1st pers. pl.	mēs	zviedzam	zvedzām	zviegsim	zviegsim
2nd pers. pl.	jūs	zviedzat	zvedzāt	zviegsiet, zviegsit	zvedziet
3rd pers. pl.	viņi, viņas	zviedz	zvedza	zviegs	lai zviedz

RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme)			PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
Present	zviedzot		Present Active 1 (Adj.)		zviedzošs
Past	esot zvedzis		Present Active 2 (Adv.)		zviegdams
Future	zviegšot		Present Active 3 (Adv.)		zviedzot
Imperative	lai zviedzot		Present Active 4 (Obj.)		zviedzam
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme)			Past Active		zvedzis
Present	zviegtu		Present Passive		—
Past	būtu zvedzis		Past Passive		—
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme)			NOMINAL FORMS
Indicative	(būt) jāzviedz		Infinitive (nenoteiksme)		zviegt
Conjunctive 1	esot jāzviedz		Negative Infinitive		nezviegt
Conjunctive 2	jāzviedzot		Verbal noun		zviegšana

prefixed verbs:

other derived terms:

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