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dzīt

Pronunciation: [dzīːt]

“dzīt” is a Latvian word. Its 16 meanings in English:

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.)
  14. to shave
  15. to heal (to become whole, to disappear with the formation of new tissue)
  16. to heal (to become healthy again)

Etymology

The present stem dzen- comes from Proto-Baltic *gen-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“to hit, to strike”), whereas the infinitive stem dzī- comes from Proto-Baltic *gin-, from *gʷʰn̥-, the zero grade of *gʷʰen-. The original sense was “to hit”, still visible in dzīt naglu “to drive a nail (into wood)”. It later evolved into “to force”, “to drive” (somewhere). Cognates include Lithuanian giñti…

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