rieties
Latvian
editVerb
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- (of dogs) to bark, especially at each other; reflexive of riet
- kaimiņu suņi rejas ― the neighbor's dogs are barking
- (figuratively, colloquial, of people) to bark at each other, to fight, to quarrel
- kur divi rejas, tur trešais rij ― where two bark (= fight), a third (one) swallows (= wins)
- strīds nozīmētu lieki rīvēties un rieties, bojāt nervus un gandēt garastāvokli ― a fight would mean to squabble and bark unnecessarily, harming (their) nerves and mood
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- Latvian non-lemma forms
- Latvian verb forms
- Latvian reflexive verbs
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- Latvian colloquialisms
- Latvian first conjugation verbs
- Latvian first conjugation verbs in -iet
- Latvian ie/e-j type (with lengthening) first conjugation verbs
- lv:Animal sounds
- lv:Dogs
- Latvian terms suffixed with -ties