mīlēt

Latvian

Alternative forms

  • (dated form) mīļot

Etymology

From mīls, a dialectal variant of mīļš (“dear, beloved”) (q.v.). This verb was originally in the 2nd conjugation, but it migrated to the 3rd (mīlē > mīl “s/he loves”; mīlē still occurs in some dialects). Cognates include Lithuanian mylė́ti (“to love”), Old Prussian milijt ([mīlīt]), Sudovian miłdat ([mildāt]?).[1]

Verb

mīlēt (transitive, 3rd conjugation, present mīlu, mīli, mīl, past mīlēju)

  1. to love, to feel love for (to desire a romantic relation with someone, to be romantically attracted to someone)
    mēs viens otru neprātīgi mīlējām ― we loved each other madly
    mīlēt šo sievieti bijā viņa liktenis ― to love this woman was his fate
    es iešu tikai pie tā cilvēka, kuru mīlēšu ― I will go (= marry) only that person (= man) whom I (will) love
  2. to love, to feel love for (to have strong positive, non-romantic feelings for someone)
    mīlēt bērnus ― to love (one's) children
    mīlēt tēvu, māti ― to love (one's) father, mother
    mīlēt savu dzimteni ― to love one's family
    darbabiedri viņu mīl ― his co-workers love him
    mīlēt darbu ― to love (one's) work
    mīlēt dabu ― to love nature
    mīlēt puķes, dzīvniekus ― to love flowers, animals
    mīlēt mūziku ― to love music
    mīlēt daiļliteratūru ― to love fiction
    mīlēt tīrību, kārtību ― to love cleanliness, order
    mitrumu mīloši augi ― moisture-loving plants (i.e., plants who need more moisture than average)

Conjugation

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:
  • iemīlēt
  • izmīlēt
  • pamīlēt
  • samīlēt
other derived terms:

References

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