Latvian edit

Etymology edit

From censt(ies) (to try) +‎ -īgs. The standard stem for this verb has š (es cenšos, “I try”), but dialectally also t (es centos), which explains why there are derived forms with t, like centīgs, centība (zeal), and with s, like censonis (striver, fighter, assiduous person) or sacensība (competition) (and also, colloquially, censīgs, censība).[1]

Adjective edit

censīgs (definite censīgais, comparative censīgāks, superlative viscensīgākais, adverb censīgi)

  1. (colloquial) industrious, diligent, zealous; alternative form of centīgs

Declension edit

References edit

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