zīdīt

Latvian

Etymology

Originally a causative form of zīst (“to suckle”), like its rarer but more regularly formed synonym zīdināt.[1]

Verb

zīdīt (transitive, 3rd conjugation, present zīdu, zīdi, zīda, past zīdīju)

  1. to nurse, to breastfeed (to feed (a child, a baby) with one's own milk)
    viņai bija pilnas, piebriedušas krūtis, jo tā zīdīja bērnu ― she had full, swollen breasts, because she was nursing a child
  2. to nurse, to suckle (the same, for animals)
    cūka bija paēdusi un zīdīja sivēnus ― the sow had eaten and was (now) nursing (her) piglets

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References

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