ieart

Latvian

Etymology

From ie- +‎ art (“to plow”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

ieart (transitive or intransitive, 1st conjugation, present iearu, iear, iear, past iearu)

1. to cover with earth while plowing; to plow into the earth (so that it is covered with earth)

   ieart zemē mēslus ― to plow manure into the earth

   ieart kartupeļus, nezāles ― to plow potatoes, weeds in (so as to cover them with earth)

   kūtsmēslus... var ieart rudenī vai pavasarī ― one can plow in manure in autumn or in spring

2. to drive (something) into (earth, water, etc.)

   straume pienesa plostu pie malas; plostnieks nokāpa un ieara plosta arklu zemē ― the strem brought the raft to the shore; the rafter came down and plowed the raft into the earth

   tad pārcēlājs pēkšņi iear airi ūdenī, ar milzu spēku notur laivu uz vietas ― then the ferryman suddenly plowed the oars into the water and with great strength kept the boat on the (same) place (= immobile)

   rudais runcis Mika dziļi iear nagus zēna segā ― the red-haired cat Mika plowed (his) nails deep into the boy's face

3. to make furrow-like fissures, grooves (on a surface) with some moving object

   āķa gals iearis smiltīs dziļu rievu ― the tip of the hook plowed a deep groove into the sand

   laivas vairs nebija... tikai smiltīs iearta rieva norādīja, ka tā iedzīta atpakaļ ezerā ― the boat was no longer (there)... only the groove plowed into the sand showed that it (= boat) had been driven back into the lake

4. (rare) to move into some place while plowing

   ieart kaimiņdaļā ― to plow into the neighbor's lot

5. (syn. aizart) to begin (but not finish) plowing

   iearts lauks, tīrums ― a plowed (but not finished) field

Conjugation

conjugation of ieart

	INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme)				IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme)
		Present (tagadne)	Past (pagātne)	Future (nākotne)
1st pers. sg.	es	iearu	iearu	iearšu	—
2nd pers. sg.	tu	iear	ieari	iearsi	iear
3rd pers. sg.	viņš, viņa	iear	ieara	iears	lai iear
1st pers. pl.	mēs	iearam	iearām	iearsim	iearsim
2nd pers. pl.	jūs	iearat	iearāt	iearsiet, iearsit	ieariet
3rd pers. pl.	viņi, viņas	iear	ieara	iears	lai iear
RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme)			PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
Present	iearot		Present Active 1 (Adj.)		iearošs
Past	esot iearis		Present Active 2 (Adv.)		ieardams
Future	iearšot		Present Active 3 (Adv.)		iearot
Imperative	lai iearot		Present Active 4 (Obj.)		iearam
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme)			Past Active		iearis
Present	ieartu		Present Passive		iearams
Past	būtu iearis		Past Passive		iearts
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme)			NOMINAL FORMS
Indicative	(būt) jāiear		Infinitive (nenoteiksme)		ieart
Conjunctive 1	esot jāiear		Negative Infinitive		neieart
Conjunctive 2	jāiearot		Verbal noun		iearšana

Synonyms

• aizart

Derived terms

• iearums