slepkavot
Latvian
editEtymology
editFrom slepkava (“killer, murderer”), made into a regular 2nd-declension verb.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editslepkavot (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present slepkavoju, slepkavo, slepkavo, past slepkavoju)
- to murder (to kill unlawfully)
- iebrūkot vācu fašistiem, bijušais policists tūlīt meklēja krūmos iesviesto šauteni un sāka slepkavot cilvēkus ― (after) the invasion of the German fascists, an ex-police officer immediately went for his gun, hidden in the bushes, and began to murder people
- vergu tirgotājs rīkojās ārkārtīgi nežēlīgi un bieži pats slepkavoja gūstekņus, lai iedvestu šausmas plašā apgabalā ― the slave trader acted extremely brutally and even often murdered prisoners to instill horror in a wide area
Conjugation
editconjugation of slepkavot
Derived terms
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