See varbūt on Wiktionary
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[
"var",
"var#Latvian"
],
[
"būt",
"būt#Latvian"
]
],
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"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "var",
"3": "būt",
"gloss1": "can, may",
"gloss2": "to be"
},
"expansion": "var (“can, may”) + būt (“to be”)",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From var (“can, may”) + būt (“to be”).",
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"2": "particle"
},
"expansion": "varbūt",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "lv",
"pos": "particle",
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5,
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],
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5
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],
"english": "maybe he will not go anywhere",
"text": "viņš varbūt nekur nebrauks",
"translation": "maybe he will not go anywhere",
"type": "example"
},
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6
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"english": "maybe everything will still be OK",
"text": "varbūt viss vēl būs labi",
"translation": "maybe everything will still be OK",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used to express possibility, probability; perhaps, maybe, possibly"
],
"id": "en-varbūt-lv-particle-idunoexS",
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"express#English"
],
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"possibility#English"
],
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"probability",
"probability#English"
],
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"perhaps",
"perhaps"
],
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"maybe",
"maybe"
],
[
"possibly",
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]
]
},
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"parents": [],
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"english": "maybe you would take off (your) coat?",
"text": "varbūt jūs novilktu mēteli?",
"translation": "maybe you would take off (your) coat?",
"type": "example"
},
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9,
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],
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12
]
],
"english": "come perhaps around five o'clock!",
"text": "atnāciet varbūt ap pulksten pieciem!",
"translation": "come perhaps around five o'clock!",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Used to make a question or admirative exclamation weaker, less categoric; maybe, perhaps"
],
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "droši vien"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "iespējams"
}
],
"word": "varbūt"
}
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"Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
"Latvian lemmas",
"Latvian modal adverbs",
"Latvian particles",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Requests for audio pronunciation in Latvian entries"
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"var",
"var#Latvian"
],
[
"būt",
"būt#Latvian"
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],
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],
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"english": "maybe he will not go anywhere",
"text": "viņš varbūt nekur nebrauks",
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"english": "maybe everything will still be OK",
"text": "varbūt viss vēl būs labi",
"translation": "maybe everything will still be OK",
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],
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"Used to express possibility, probability; perhaps, maybe, possibly"
],
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],
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"possibility",
"possibility#English"
],
[
"probability",
"probability#English"
],
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"perhaps",
"perhaps"
],
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"maybe",
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],
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"english": "maybe you would take off (your) coat?",
"text": "varbūt jūs novilktu mēteli?",
"translation": "maybe you would take off (your) coat?",
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"english": "come perhaps around five o'clock!",
"text": "atnāciet varbūt ap pulksten pieciem!",
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}
],
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"Used to make a question or admirative exclamation weaker, less categoric; maybe, perhaps"
],
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"question",
"question#English"
],
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"admirative",
"admirative#English"
],
[
"exclamation",
"exclamation#English"
],
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"weak",
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"categoric",
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"maybe",
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"word": "droši vien"
},
{
"word": "iespējams"
}
],
"word": "varbūt"
}
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