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单词 centīgs
释义

centīgs

Latvian

Alternative forms

  • (colloquial form) censīgs

Etymology

From censt(ies) (to try) + -īgs. The standard stem for this verb has š (es cenšos, “I try”), but dialectally also t (es centos), which explains why there are derived forms with t, like centīgs, centība (zeal), and with s, like censonis (striver, fighter, assiduous person) or sacensība (competition) (and also, colloquially, censīgs, censība).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

centīgs (definite centīgais, comparative centīgāks, superlative viscentīgākais, adverb centīgi)

  1. diligent, zealous, hard-working (who insists on trying to do, to obtain something)
    centīgs cilvēks, strādnieks, skolēnsdiligent person, worker, student
  2. diligent, zealous, hard-working (which expresses the desire to keep trying to do, to obtain something)
    centīgs gars ir latvju tautaithe Latvian people has a diligent spirit
    lapa bija aprakstīta ar centīgu, nelīdzenu rokrakstuthe sheet of paper was all covered with zealous, uneven handwriting

Declension

Synonyms

  • aktīvs
  • čakls
  • darbīgs
  • cītīgs, uzcītīgs
  • izdarīgs
  • nasks
  • strādīgs
  • censonis
  • censties, cīsties
  • centība, (colloquial) censība
  • sacensība

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), censties”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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