dzīt

Etymology 1
The present stem dzen- comes from, from , whereas the infinitive stem dzī- comes from  , from , the zero grade of.

The original sense was “to hit”, still visible in  “to drive a nail (into wood)”. It later evolved into “to force”, “to drive” (somewhere). Cognates include 🇨🇬 (present tense ), (present tense ), 🇨🇬,  (apparently first-person plural form), 🇨🇬, present tense  (🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 dialectal, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (< ),  (< ), 🇨🇬 (< ).

Verb

 * 1) to lead, to drive to make (animals, people, etc.) go faster, or in a certain direction
 * 2)  to push, to pull, so as to make (something) move in a certain direction
 * 3)  to move, to drive, to propel to make a vehicle move
 * 4)  to send (something) away; to make (something) disappear
 * 5) to make (someone) do something; to make someone do something (e.g., work) at full capacity
 * 6)  to drive them at full speed
 * 7) to chase to run after, e.g., an animal, during a hunt, so as to make sure it goes in a certain direction
 * 8) to chase to follow, to try to find, especially in a hunt
 * 9) to drive to force something into something else, usually with physical strength
 * 10) to drive, to clear to make (a path, a furrow) in a certain direction, usually via hard work
 * 11) to drive to cause, to be the cause of something unpleasant happening to someone
 * 12)  to grow new growth, shoots, sprouts to produce as part of their bodies
 * 13)  to gather, to put together (by pushing, carrying, etc.)
 * 1)  to send (something) away; to make (something) disappear
 * 2) to make (someone) do something; to make someone do something (e.g., work) at full capacity
 * 3)  to drive them at full speed
 * 4) to chase to run after, e.g., an animal, during a hunt, so as to make sure it goes in a certain direction
 * 5) to chase to follow, to try to find, especially in a hunt
 * 6) to drive to force something into something else, usually with physical strength
 * 7) to drive, to clear to make (a path, a furrow) in a certain direction, usually via hard work
 * 8) to drive to cause, to be the cause of something unpleasant happening to someone
 * 9)  to grow new growth, shoots, sprouts to produce as part of their bodies
 * 10)  to gather, to put together (by pushing, carrying, etc.)
 * 1)  to drive them at full speed
 * 2) to chase to run after, e.g., an animal, during a hunt, so as to make sure it goes in a certain direction
 * 3) to chase to follow, to try to find, especially in a hunt
 * 4) to drive to force something into something else, usually with physical strength
 * 5) to drive, to clear to make (a path, a furrow) in a certain direction, usually via hard work
 * 6) to drive to cause, to be the cause of something unpleasant happening to someone
 * 7)  to grow new growth, shoots, sprouts to produce as part of their bodies
 * 8)  to gather, to put together (by pushing, carrying, etc.)
 * 1) to chase to follow, to try to find, especially in a hunt
 * 2) to drive to force something into something else, usually with physical strength
 * 3) to drive, to clear to make (a path, a furrow) in a certain direction, usually via hard work
 * 4) to drive to cause, to be the cause of something unpleasant happening to someone
 * 5)  to grow new growth, shoots, sprouts to produce as part of their bodies
 * 6)  to gather, to put together (by pushing, carrying, etc.)
 * 1) to drive, to clear to make (a path, a furrow) in a certain direction, usually via hard work
 * 2) to drive to cause, to be the cause of something unpleasant happening to someone
 * 3)  to grow new growth, shoots, sprouts to produce as part of their bodies
 * 4)  to gather, to put together (by pushing, carrying, etc.)
 * 1) to drive to cause, to be the cause of something unpleasant happening to someone
 * 2)  to grow new growth, shoots, sprouts to produce as part of their bodies
 * 3)  to gather, to put together (by pushing, carrying, etc.)
 * 1)  to grow new growth, shoots, sprouts to produce as part of their bodies
 * 2)  to gather, to put together (by pushing, carrying, etc.)
 * 1)  to gather, to put together (by pushing, carrying, etc.)
 * 1)  to gather, to put together (by pushing, carrying, etc.)
 * 1)  to gather, to put together (by pushing, carrying, etc.)
 * 1)  to gather, to put together (by pushing, carrying, etc.)

Derived terms

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 * other derived terms:



Etymology 2
From Etymology 1, a. Endzelīns has been critical of many suggested Livonian calques in Latvian, however, the semantic split of the verb dzīt "to chase away" doubling to mean "to shave" is convincing according to him. Compare,.

Verb

 * 1) to shave

Usage notes
is the preferred term in the sense of "shaving with some electrical appliance", while "shaving with a razor" is usually expressed as.

Etymology 3
From, from ,  (<  “to live”). The original meaning was thus “to live”, from which “to become healthy”. At first there was an opposition between “to heal, become healthy” (present tense ) and  “to live” (present tense ), but the latter form was later replaced by, possibly originally its iterative form. Cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (< ).

Verb

 * 1)  to heal to become whole, to disappear with the formation of new tissue
 * 2)  to heal to become healthy again
 * 1)  to heal to become healthy again
 * 1)  to heal to become healthy again
 * 1)  to heal to become healthy again

Derived terms

 * prefixed verbs: