adīt

See also: adit, -adit, and -ádit

Latvian

Adīt

Etymology

Originally the iterative form of an older verb meaning “to prickle,” probably *ast, *est (on the model of vadīt, vest), from *ed-ti, *ad-ti, from Proto-Baltic *ad-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁edʰ-, *h₁odʰ- (“pointed, sharp”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [adîːt]
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Verb

adīt (transitive, 3rd conjugation, present adu, adi, ada, past adīju)

  1. to knit (to make a fabric by forming thread loops and pulling them through each other with special needles)
    adīt džemperi ― to knit a sweater
    adīt rakstu ― to knit a pattern
    prast adīt ― to know how to knit
    adīta jaka ― knitted jacket
    Stine adīja zeķes un cimdus ― Stine was knitting socks and gloves
    Lavīze negulēja; sēdēja kaktā aiz skapja un adīja ― Lavīze did not sleep; she sat in the corner behind the wardrobe and knitted

Conjugation

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:
  • apadīt
  • ieadīt
  • izadīt
  • noadīt
  • paadīt
  • pāradīt
  • pieadīt
  • saadīt
  • uzadīt
other derived terms:
  • adāmadata, adāmā adata
  • adījums
  • adītava

References

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