spļaut
Latvian
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *spyau-ti (for another example of a *py > pļ change, see pļaut), from Proto-Indo-European *p(ʰ)yēw-, *sp(ʰ)yēw- “to spit.” Cognates include Lithuanian spiáuti, Proto-Slavic *pjuti (Russian плевать (plevátʹ), 1st. pers. pres. плюю (pljujú), Belarusian плюваць (pljuvácʹ), Ukrainian плювати (pljuváty), Bulgarian плюя (pljúja, “I spit”), Czech plíti, plvati, Polish pluć, plwać, spluwać), Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (speiwan), Old High German spīwan, German speien, Sanskrit ष्ठीवति (ṣṭhīvati), Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō), Latin spuō.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [spʎāwt]
Verb
spļaut tr. or intr., 1st conj., pres. spļauju, spļauj, spļauj, past spļāvu
- (intransitive) to spit, to expectorate (to push, throw saliva or sputum out of one's mouth)
- uz ietves aizliegts spļaut ― it is prohibited to spit on the sidewalk
- spļaut uz visām pusēm ― to spit on all sides
- pavasarī viņš reižu reizēm iznāca ārā no smēdes, pieķērās pie žoga un dažreiz it ilgi klepoja un spļāva ― sometimes in spring he came out of the forge, held on to the fence and sometimes coughed and spat for a long time
- (transitive) to spit (to push, throw something out of one's mouth)
- slimnieks spļauj asinis ― the patient is spitting blood
- spļaut ķiršu kauliņus zemē ― to spit cherry pits on the ground
- ej nost zirgam no galvas, kad tas putas no mutes spļauj un pakaviem zemi kārpa! ― go away from a horse when he spits foam from his mouth and scrapes the ground with his hooves!
Conjugation
conjugation of spļaut
Derived terms
- prefixed verbs:
- aizspļaut
- apspļaut
- atspļaut
- iespļaut
- izspļaut
- nospļaut
- pārspļaut
- piespļaut
- saspļaut
- uzspļaut
- other derived terms:
See also
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “spļaut”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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