līdzēt
Latvian
editEtymology
editFormed either from the adjective līdzs (“flat”) (cf. līdzens), or from the verb līgt (“to hire, to engage; to negotiate”). The original meaning of līdzēt is reflected in līdzīgs (“alike, similar”): it was “to be similar (e.g., in size)”, from which “to be similar (at work)” > “to do the same work together” > “to help.”[1]
Pronunciation
editVerb
editlīdzēt (intransitive + dative, 3rd conjugation, present līdzu, līdzi, līdz, past līdzēju)
- to help (to provide support for, to facilitate)
- līdzēt darbā ― to help at work
- līdzēt piecelties ― to help someone stand up
- nespēt līdzēt ― to not be able to help
- talcinieki līdzēja jauno pirti uzcelt ― volunteers helped build a new bath house
- to help (to have a positive effect)
- zāles līdzēja ― the medicine helped, worked
- pēršana nelīdz ― beating doesn't help
- darba līdz ― work helps
- ko (tas) līdz ― what difference does it make? (lit. what does it help?)
- ar to nekas nebija līdzēts ― nothing helped with that
- tur nelīdz ne zāles, ne plāksteris ― nothing (lit. not medicine, not bandage) helps there
- metamies dārzā un sākam kliegt un plaukšķināt rokām... tas līdz: strazdi pazūd ― we run to the garden and begin to shout and clap our hands... this helps: the starlings disappear
Conjugation
editconjugation of līdzēt
Derived terms
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Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “līdzēt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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