virsū
Latvian
[edit]Noun
[edit]virsū m
Adverb
[edit]virsū
- on, onto, above the surface (of an object, often in the dative; the sequence "noun-Dative virsū" often works as if virsū were a postposition governing the dative)
- uzlikt, uzkāpt, uzlēkt, uzkrist kam virsū ― to put, climb, jump, fall on top of something
- sēdēt akmenim virsū ― to sit on top of the stone
- uzlikt jakai virsū mēteli ― to put on a coat on top of the jacket
- burtnīcām virsū bija uzliktas grāmatas ― books were placed on top of notebooks
- used with various verbs, with meaning similar to that of the prefix uz-, but with imperfective, rather than perfective, aspect
- ģērbt mēteli virsū, uzģērbt mēteli ― to put a coat on
- brukt virsū, uzbrukt ― to attack (someone)
- bāzties virsū, uzbāzties; mākties virsū, uzmākties; plīties virsū, uzplīties ― to thrust, to impose oneself (on someone)
- used together with the prefix uz-, to reinforce its meaning
- uzdzert ūdeni virsū ― to drink up the water
- (with verbs of looking) indicates that the subject's gaze is directed straight at the object
- skatīties kādam virsū, skatīties uz kādu, uzskatīties kādu ― to examine someone
- mācītājs cieti skatījās pagasta vecākajam virsū ― the priest looked attentively at the old parishioner
- (with nākt (“to come”)) to approach gradually, to happen more intensively
- lietus, negaiss, vētra nāk virsū ― rain, heavy rain, a storm is coming
- pavasaris nāk virsū ― spring is coming
- nāk virsū traka nervozitate ― a crazy nervousness is coming, increasing
- reizēm sāpes mocīja tā, ka ģībonis nāca virsū ― sometimes the pain was so torturing that fainting came close (= that he came close to fainting)
Synonyms
[edit]- (reinforcing uz- verbs): augšā