eksistēt
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Via some other European language (cf. French exister, German existieren), ultimately borrowed from Latin exsistō (“to exist”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]eksistēt (intransitive, 2nd conjugation, present eksistēju, eksistē, eksistē, past eksistēju)
- to exist, to be
- telpa un laiks eksistē objektīvi, reāli, neatkarīgi no mūsu priekšstatiem ― space and time exist objectively, in reality, independently from our ideas
- to be alive
- visam taču bija nozīme tikai tad, ja viņš eksistē ― but everything had meaning only as long as he existed (= was alive)
- būt, eksistēt, elpot, sajust un apzināties dzīvības krāšņo plūsmu sev visapkārt: tā taču visaugstākā laime katrai apzinīgai būtnei ― to be, to exist, to breathe, to feel and to perceive the magnificent flow of life around oneself: this is, however, the highest happiness for every conscious creature
- (colloquial) to subsist, to live on
- eksistēt ar godīgi nopelnīto ― to subsist on what was honorably, fairly earned