mežģīt
Latvian
editEtymology
editOriginally the iterative form of an older Proto-Baltic *mezg-ti (whence also mezgls; cf. dialectal verb megzt [in original; sic?]), for which a parallel form with ž was built (whence also dialectal megžt, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mezg- (“to knit, to tie”). Cognates include Lithuanian mègzti (present tense mezgù) “to tie in a knot; to knit, to braid; to throw buds”.[1]
Pronunciation
editVerb
editmežģīt (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present mežģīju, mežģī, mežģī, past mežģīju)
- to sprain, to twist (e.g., a joint)
- mežģīt rokas locītavu ― to sprain (one's) wrist
- mežģīt kāju ― to sprain (one's) leg
- mēli mežģījošs nosaukums ― a tongue-twisting name
- es nemaz netiku daudz prātojusi par pienākumiem, te viņi ir un ir jāpadara, ko tur vēl smadzenes mežģīt ― I have never wondered much about duties, you have them and you have to do them, there is nothing there to twist (one's) brains about
- to entangle (ropes, threads, wires, etc.)
- mežģīt dzijas, diegu ― to entangle yarn, thread
- (dialectal sense) to sew (usually a net)
- zvejnieks mežģī tīklus ― the fisherman is sewing a (fishing) net
Conjugation
editconjugation of mežģīt
Synonyms
edit- (of "entangle"): mudžināt
Derived terms
edit- prefixed verbs:
- other derived terms:
Related terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “mežģīt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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