skaidrot
Latvian
Etymology
From the same source as skaidrs (“clear”), made into a second-conjugation verb (ending -ot).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [skāīdruôt]
Verb
skaidrot (tr., 2nd conj., pres. skaidroju, skaidro, skaidro, past skaidroju)
- to explain (to make something clearer, more understandable, easier to perceive to someone, by, e.g., talking about it,)
- skaidrot vārda nozīmi ― to explain the meaning of a word
- skaidrot matemātikas uzdevumu ― to explain the math problem
- “kā tad čūskas sit?” zēni vaicāja; “Nevajag atvēzēties,” Inga skaidroja, “ka neuzmet sev uz galvas” ― “how can we hit a snake?” the boys asked; “don't reach out,” Inga explained, “so that it doesn't throw itself on (your) head”
- pagalmā bija izsteigušies kāda sieviete un raudādama skaidroja kazakiem, ka mūsu dzīvoklī esot bērni, lai jel nešaujot uz mums ― some woman had rushed out into the yard and, crying, explained to the Cossacks that in our apartment there were children, so that they wouldn't shoot on us
- to explain (to find the essential features or the causes of something by analyzing and organizing facts, ideas, etc.; to contain information about the essential features or causes of something)
- skaidrot sarežģītas dabas parādības ― to explain complex natural phenomena
- skaidrojošā vārdnīca ― an explanatory dictionary (i.e., a dictionary in which words are defined rather than translated into another language)
- anatoms Santorio visus organismā noritošos procesus skaidroja no mehānikas viedokļa ― the anatomist Santorio explained all ongoing processes in the body from a mechanical standpoint
Conjugation
conjugation of skaidrot
| INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme) | IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present (tagadne) | Past (pagātne) | Future (nākotne) | |||
| 1st pers. sg. | es | skaidroju | skaidroju | skaidrošu | — |
| 2nd pers. sg. | tu | skaidro | skaidroji | skaidrosi | skaidro |
| 3rd pers. sg. | viņš, viņa | skaidro | skaidroja | skaidros | lai skaidro |
| 1st pers. pl. | mēs | skaidrojam | skaidrojām | skaidrosim | skaidrosim |
| 2nd pers. pl. | jūs | skaidrojat | skaidrojāt | skaidrosiet, skaidrosit | skaidrojiet |
| 3rd pers. pl. | viņi, viņas | skaidro | skaidroja | skaidros | lai skaidro |
| RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme) | PARTICIPLES (divdabji) | ||||
| Present | skaidrojot | Present Active 1 (Adj.) | skaidrojošs | ||
| Past | esot skaidrojis | Present Active 2 (Adv.) | skaidrodams | ||
| Future | skaidrošot | Present Active 3 (Adv.) | skaidrojot | ||
| Imperative | lai skaidrojot | Present Active 4 (Obj.) | skaidrojam | ||
| CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme) | Past Active | skaidrojis | |||
| Present | skaidrotu | Present Passive | skaidrojams | ||
| Past | būtu skaidrojis | Past Passive | skaidrots | ||
| DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme) | NOMINAL FORMS | ||||
| Indicative | (būt) jāskaidro | Infinitive (nenoteiksme) | skaidrot | ||
| Conjunctive 1 | esot jāskaidro | Negative Infinitive | neskaidrot | ||
| Conjunctive 2 | jāskaidrojot | Verbal noun | skaidrošana | ||
Derived terms
- prefixed verbs:
- apskaidrot
- atskaidrot
- ieskaidrot
- izskaidrot
- noskaidrot
- paskaidrot
- other derived terms:
- skaidrojums
- skaidroties
Related terms
- skaidrs
- skaidrība
- skaidrums
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “skaidrs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN