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jēgt

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Latvian

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Etymology

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From the same stem as the noun jēga (meaning, sense, understanding), made into a first-conjugation verb (ending -t).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [jɛ̄kt]
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Verb

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jēgt (transitive, 1st conjugation, present jēdzu, jēdz, jēdz, past jēdzu)

  1. to know how, to be able to; to understand, to grasp
    viņš no kā nekā nejēdzhe doesn't know anything about that
    ko viņš jēdz no medicīnas!what does he know about medicine!
    vai tad viņš jēdz strādāt!he sure knows how to work!
    prasi, vai viņš pats jēdz, ko runāask if he knows what he is saying
    vai tad veterinārārste kaut ko jēdz arī?does the veterinarian know anything at all?
    nejēgdams un nejuzdams, ko dara, viņš izlaida pātagu no rokas un sabruka zemēnot knowing and not feeling (instinctively) what to do, he let the whip fall from his hand and collapsed on the ground

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References

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