blāvot
Latvian
editEtymology
editFrom the same stem as blāvs (“dim, dull, pale”), made into a second-conjugation verb stem (ending -ot).
Pronunciation
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Verb
editblāvot (intransitive, 2nd conjugation, only 3rd person, present blāvo, past blāvoja)
- (of light, light sources) to glow, to shine dimly, faintly
- blāvo uguntiņa ― a little spark faintly glows
- šķūnīša vienā galā blāvoja gandrīz apdzisis ugunskurs ― at one end of the little shed the almost extinct fire was still glowing, shining faintly
- (of objects, places) to be visible in the dark with its faint, dim shine, glow
- paskatos pret debesīm: austrumi sāk blāvot... rīta blāzma! drīz būs gaisma ― look at the sky: in the east it is beginning to glow... the dawn! soon there will be light
- pretī blāvoja gara, balta ēka, kuras vidū vienā logā bija gaisma ― opposite a tall, white building, in which one window in the middle had a light, glowed dimly
Conjugation
editconjugation of blāvot
| INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme) | IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present (tagadne) |
Past (pagātne) |
Future (nākotne) | |||
| 1st pers. sg. | es | — | — | — | — |
| 2nd pers. sg. | tu | — | — | — | — |
| 3rd pers. sg. | viņš, viņa | blāvo | blāvoja | blāvos | lai blāvo |
| 1st pers. pl. | mēs | — | — | — | — |
| 2nd pers. pl. | jūs | — | — | — | — |
| 3rd pers. pl. | viņi, viņas | blāvo | blāvoja | blāvos | lai blāvo |
| RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme) | PARTICIPLES (divdabji) | ||||
| Present | blāvojot | Present Active 1 (Adj.) | blāvojošs | ||
| Past | esot blāvojis | Present Active 2 (Adv.) | blāvodams | ||
| Future | blāvošot | Present Active 3 (Adv.) | blāvojot | ||
| Imperative | lai blāvojot | Present Active 4 (Obj.) | blāvojam | ||
| CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme) | Past Active | blāvojis | |||
| Present | blāvotu | Present Passive | — | ||
| Past | būtu blāvojis | Past Passive | — | ||
| DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme) | NOMINAL FORMS | ||||
| Indicative | (būt) jāblāvo | Infinitive (nenoteiksme) | blāvot | ||
| Conjunctive 1 | esot jāblāvo | Negative Infinitive | neblāvot | ||
| Conjunctive 2 | jāblāvojot | Verbal noun | blāvošana | ||