Latvian

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Etymology

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From nabags (poor) +‎ -ināt, with palatalization of g to dz.

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Verb

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nabadzināt

  1. second-person plural present indicative of nabadzināt

nabadzināt (transitive, 3rd conjugation, present nabadzinu, nabadzini, nabadzina, past nabadzināju)

  1. to impoverish, to make (someone) poor, to cause someone to be, become poor, less productive
    nabadzināt zemniekusto impoverish the farmers
    nabadzināt augsnito impoverish the soil

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