darbības vārds

Etymology
Literally 'action word', apparently a calque of 🇨🇬 coined by in 1902, which soon became the accepted standard instead of previous coinages, such as K. Mīlenbahs'  or  (compare 🇨🇬), or J. Neikens' 1850 term.

Noun

 * 1)  verb a word that indicates an action, event or state; the head of the predicate