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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

Conjugation

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Conjugation of jēgt
indicative (īstenības izteiksme) imperative
(pavēles izteiksme)
present
(tagadne)
past
(pagātne)
future
(nākotne)
1st person sg es jēdzu jēdzu jēgšu
2nd person sg tu jēdz jēdzi jēgsi jēdz
3rd person sg viņš, viņa jēdz jēdza jēgs lai jēdz
1st person pl mēs jēdzam jēdzām jēgsim jēgsim
2nd person pl jūs jēdzat jēdzāt jēgsiet,
jēgsit
jēdziet
3rd person pl viņi, viņas jēdz jēdza jēgs lai jēdz
renarrative (atstāstījuma izteiksme) participles (divdabji)
present jēdzot present active 1 (adj.) jēdzošs
past esot jēdzis present active 2 (adv.) jēgdams
future jēgšot present active 3 (adv.) jēdzot
imperative lai jēdzot present active 4 (obj.) jēdzam
conditional (vēlējuma izteiksme) past active jēdzis
present jēgtu present passive jēdzams
past būtu jēdzis past passive jēgts
debitive (vajadzības izteiksme) nominal forms
indicative (būt) jājēdz infinitive (nenoteiksme) jēgt
conjunctive 1 esot jājēdz negative infinitive nejēgt
conjunctive 2 jājēdzot verbal noun jēgšana

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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other derived terms
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References

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