pašlaik
Latvian
Etymology
From paš + laiks (“time”) (perhaps originally a locative form, pašā laikā), where paš is a stem variant of pats (“self”), here apparently with the meaning of “exact(ly),” “direct(ly),” “outright,” “immediately.” The general meaning would have changed from “(at its) own time”, “at that time” (the latter still attested) to “at this immediate time” = “now.”[1]
Adverb
pašlaik
- now, currently; at that time (at the current moment)
- pašlaik viņš ir atvaļinājumā ― he is currently on holiday
- viņš pašlaik ir izgājis ― he is not here now (lit. he is now gone)
- es to pašlaik nevaru atcerēties ― I can't remember it right now
- pašlaik lietus nelīst ― it is currently not raining
- kad skolotājs dziedātājus atlaida, saule jau pašlaik taisījās rietēt ― when the teacher dismissed the students, the sun was already then (= at that time)
Synonyms
- pašreiz
- patlaban
- šobrīd
- tagad
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “pašlaik”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN