ieart

Latvian

Etymology

From ie- +‎ art (“to plow”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

ieart (transitive or intransitive, 1st conjugation, present iearu, iear, iear, past iearu)

1. to cover with earth while plowing; to plow into the earth (so that it is covered with earth)

   ieart zemē mēslus ― to plow manure into the earth

   ieart kartupeļus, nezāles ― to plow potatoes, weeds in (so as to cover them with earth)

   kūtsmēslus... var ieart rudenī vai pavasarī ― one can plow in manure in autumn or in spring

2. to drive (something) into (earth, water, etc.)

   straume pienesa plostu pie malas; plostnieks nokāpa un ieara plosta arklu zemē ― the strem brought the raft to the shore; the rafter came down and plowed the raft into the earth

   tad pārcēlājs pēkšņi iear airi ūdenī, ar milzu spēku notur laivu uz vietas ― then the ferryman suddenly plowed the oars into the water and with great strength kept the boat on the (same) place (= immobile)

   rudais runcis Mika dziļi iear nagus zēna segā ― the red-haired cat Mika plowed (his) nails deep into the boy's face

3. to make furrow-like fissures, grooves (on a surface) with some moving object

   āķa gals iearis smiltīs dziļu rievu ― the tip of the hook plowed a deep groove into the sand

   laivas vairs nebija... tikai smiltīs iearta rieva norādīja, ka tā iedzīta atpakaļ ezerā ― the boat was no longer (there)... only the groove plowed into the sand showed that it (= boat) had been driven back into the lake

4. (rare) to move into some place while plowing

   ieart kaimiņdaļā ― to plow into the neighbor's lot

5. (syn. aizart) to begin (but not finish) plowing

   iearts lauks, tīrums ― a plowed (but not finished) field

Conjugation

Conjugation of ieart

	indicative (īstenības izteiksme)					imperative (pavēles izteiksme)
		present (tagadne)	past (pagātne)		future (nākotne)
1st person sg	es	iearu	iearu		iearšu	—
2nd person sg	tu	iear	ieari		iearsi	iear
3rd person sg	viņš, viņa	iear	ieara		iears	lai iear
1st person pl	mēs	iearam	iearām		iearsim	iearsim
2nd person pl	jūs	iearat	iearāt		iearsiet, iearsit	ieariet
3rd person pl	viņi, viņas	iear	ieara		iears	lai iear
renarrative (atstāstījuma izteiksme)				participles (divdabji)
present	iearot			present active 1 (adj.)		iearošs
past	esot iearis			present active 2 (adv.)		ieardams
future	iearšot			present active 3 (adv.)		iearot
imperative	lai iearot			present active 4 (obj.)		iearam
conditional (vēlējuma izteiksme)				past active		iearis
present	ieartu			present passive		iearams
past	būtu iearis			past passive		iearts
debitive (vajadzības izteiksme)				nominal forms
indicative	(būt) jāiear			infinitive (nenoteiksme)		ieart
conjunctive 1	esot jāiear			negative infinitive		neieart
conjunctive 2	jāiearot			verbal noun		iearšana

Synonyms

• aizart

Derived terms

• iearums