vingrināt
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Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From vingrs (“agile, strong”) + -ināt (or perhaps from vingr(ot) (“to exercise (intr.)”) + -ināt). In its modern sense, this term was introduced by A. Kronvalds in the 1870s; previously, its meaning had been simply “to refresh, to freshen up.”[1]
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]vingrināt
- second-person plural present indicative of vingrināt
vingrināt (transitive, 3rd conjugation, present vingrinu, vingrini, vingrina, past vingrināju)
- to exercise (to make (someone, a body part) stronger, more agile, with physical exercises)
- Rugālis, atmeties gultā virs segas, vingrināja kustībās savas ievainotās kājas pēdu ― Rugālis, lying down in bed under the sheets, exercised his wounded feet with (= in) movements
- viņa vingrina vēdera muskuļus, desmit divdesmit reizes tos savelkot un atlaižot ― she exercises (her) abdominal muscles, tightening and releasing them ten, twenty times
- tā ir pēdējās kara ziemas vingrināta un asināta spēja ― this is an ability exercised (= trained) and sharpened (= honed) in the last winter of war
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “vingrs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN