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pasīvs

“pasīvs” is a Latvian word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. liabilities (debts, taxes, interest and other money that a company has to pay; part of a budget that lists them)
  2. passive voice

adjective

  1. passive (which, who does not work or behave lively, intensively, energetically)
  2. passive (which happens slowly, weakly; to which things happen slowly, weakly)
  3. passive (which is not working, not ready to work, react, move)
  4. passive (which expresses or reveals inactive, slow action)
  5. passive (which cannot react or work, which cannot have effects)
  6. passive (a little poignant, peppery)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin passivus, probably via some other European language, adapted to fit Latvian patterns ( + -īvs).

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