īstenot

Latvian

Etymology

A new term, coined in the 1960s, from the same source as the adjectives īstens, īsts (real, genuine), made into a second conjugation verb (ending -ot).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

īstenot tr., 2nd conj., pres. īstenoju, īsteno, īsteno, past īstenoju

  1. to realize, to implement (to cause something to become real)
    īstenot plānus, ieceresto realize plans, expectations
    tā bija neparasta, drosmīga doma, ko viņš šobrīd centās īstenotit was an unusal, bold idea which he is now trying to implement
    pirmais mākslīgais Mēness pavadonis, automātiskā stacija Luna-10, turpina īstenot izstrādāto Mēness un apkārtējās telpas izpētes programmuthe first artificial satellite of the Moon, the automatic station Luna-10, continued to implement, follow the program developed for the research of the Moon and the surrounding space

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References

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