Latvian edit

Etymology edit

From īss (short) +‎ -ināt.

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Verb edit

īsināt

  1. second-person plural present indicative of īsināt

īsināt (transitive, 3rd conjugation, present īsinu, īsini, īsina, past īsināju)

  1. (of long objects) to shorten, to make short, shorter
    īsināt svārkus, piedurknes, aizkarusto shorten a skirt, sleeves, curtains
  2. (of texts) to shorten, to abridge
    īsināt rakstuto shorten the article
    filmu uzņemot, nācās īsināt scenāriju(while) shooting the film, it became necessary to abridge the script
    esam saņēmuši klasiska darba īsinātu variantuwe have received the abridged version of a classic work
  3. (of events, periods of time) to make less boring, to make time pass faster
    vīri, laiku īsinādami, smēķējathe men, (in order to) kill (lit. shorten) time, were smoking
    lai īsinātu ceļu un uzmundrinātu ceļa biedri, viņš sāka stāstīt anekdotiskus gadījumusto shorten the road (= to make time pass faster during the trip) and to cheer up his travel mates, he began to tell jokes

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