tirgot
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the same source as tirgus (“market”), made into a 2nd-conjugation verb in -ot.
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]tirgot (transitive or intransitive, 2nd conjugation, present tirgoju, tirgo, tirgo, past tirgoju)
- to sell, to vend (goods, usually in the market, in a shop
- tirgot ābolus ― to sell apples
- jauna dāma tirgo skābētus gurķus: lielākie maksā 5 rubļus, bet mazākie - 8 rubļus ― a young lady sells pickled cucumbers; the bigger ones cost 5 rubles, the smaller ones - 8 rubles
- valsts kioskos par stabilām cenām tirgo svaigas un žāvētas reņģes ― in the public shops (they) sold fresh and dried herring at stable prices
- (intransitively) to sell, to vend, to deal with, to trade (goods, usually in the market, in a shop)
- visu dienu tirgojām ― we sold, traded (goods) the whole day
- šodien labi tirgots ― today (it was) well sold (= today we sold well, a lot)
- liela daļa veikalu kara laikā bija slēgti; ar ko tad tirgos? ― most of the shops were closed during the war; with what then will one deal, trade?
Conjugation
[edit]Synonyms
[edit]- (of "sell"): pārdot
Derived terms
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