vainot
Finnish
[edit]Noun
[edit]vainot
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[edit]Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the same stem as vaina (“guilt”), made into a 2nd-conjugation verb stem (ending -ot).[1]
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]vainot (intransitive, 2nd conjugation, present vainoju, vaino, vaino, past vainoju)
- to find (someone) guilty, to blame, to attribute guilt to (someone)
- vainot pašam sevi ― to blame oneself
- vainot kādu vai visos grēkos ― to blame someone for all sins
- tur neviens nav vainojams ― there is nobody to blame (lit. blamable) in that
- lomi nāca, bet vēl arvien pamazi; kapteinis vainoja zivju mistaru, ka tas neprot noteikt tīklu dziļumu ― (fish) catches came, but still gradually; the captain blamed the fish master for not knowing how to determine the depth of the net
- pulksteņi nav vainojami; lietiņa, rau, tāda, ka jūsējais rāda Maskavas laiku, bet manējais - Rietumeiropas... starpība: divas stundas ― the clocks are not to blame; a little thing like yours shows Moscow time, and mine - Western European... difference: two hours
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “vaina”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN