īsināt

From īss (“short”) +‎ -ināt.

īsināt

1. 2nd person plural present indicative form of īsināt

īsināt tr., 3rd conj., pres. īsinu, īsini, īsina, past īsināju

1. (of long objects) to shorten, to make short, shorter

   īsināt svārkus, piedurknes, aizkarus ― to shorten a skirt, sleeves, curtains

2. (of texts) to shorten, to abridge

   īsināt rakstu ― to shorten the article

   filmu uzņemot, nācās īsināt scenāriju ― (while) shooting the film, it became necessary to abridge the script

   esam saņēmuši klasiska darba īsinātu variantu ― we have received the abridged version of a classic work

3. (of events, periods of time) to make less boring, to make time pass faster

   vīri, laiku īsinādami, smēķēja ― the men, (in order to) kill (lit. shorten) time, were smoking

   lai īsinātu ceļu un uzmundrinātu ceļa biedri, viņš sāka stāstīt anekdotiskus gadījumus ― to shorten the road (= to make time pass faster during the trip) and to cheer up his travel mates, he began to tell jokes

• paīsināt
• saīsināt