pašlaik

Latvian

Etymology

From paš +‎ laiks (“time”) (perhaps originally a locative form, pašā laikā), where paš is a stem variant of pats (“self”), here apparently with the meaning of “exact(ly),” “direct(ly),” “outright,” “immediately.” The general meaning would have changed from “(at its) own time”, “at that time” (the latter still attested) to “at this immediate time” = “now.”[1]

Pronunciation

Adverb

pašlaik

  1. now, currently; at that time (at the current moment)
    pašlaik viņš ir atvaļinājumā ― he is currently on holiday
    viņš pašlaik ir izgājis ― he is not here now (lit. he is now gone)
    es to pašlaik nevaru atcerēties ― I can't remember it right now
    pašlaik lietus nelīst ― it is currently not raining
    kad skolotājs dziedātājus atlaida, saule jau pašlaik taisījās rietēt ― when the teacher dismissed the students, the sun was already then (= at that time)

Synonyms

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