"spriest" meaning in All languages combined

{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "superlative adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "spriest",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "most spry",
          "word": "spry"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "superlative form of spry: most spry"
      ],
      "id": "en-spriest-en-adj-M4jtvzMq",
      "links": [
        [
          "spry",
          "spry#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spriest"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "prefixed verbs:"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "apspriest"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "iespriest"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "izspriest"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nospriest"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "paspriest"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pārspriest"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "piespriest"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "saspriest"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "aizspriedums"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "spriedums"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "spriesties"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "bat-pro",
        "3": "*spriesti"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Baltic *spriesti",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "2": "*spried-ti"
      },
      "expansion": "*spried-ti",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*spreyd-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to press, to squeeze, to block"
      },
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      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xsv",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Sudovian",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xsv",
        "2": "saspriziz",
        "3": "",
        "4": "squeeze, crush"
      },
      "expansion": "saspriziz (“squeeze, crush”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "bat-pro",
        "3": "*sprensti"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Baltic *sprensti",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "*sprend-ti"
      },
      "expansion": "*sprend-ti",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sprend-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to pull, to stretch, to jump"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sprend- (“to pull, to stretch, to jump”)",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*per-"
      },
      "expansion": "*per-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*sper-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to pull, to kick, to scatter, to strew, to sputter"
      },
      "expansion": "*sper- (“to pull, to kick, to scatter, to strew, to sputter”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "spert"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian spert",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "sprēgāt"
      },
      "expansion": "sprēgāt",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "sprīdi"
      },
      "expansion": "sprīdi",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "spriest"
      },
      "expansion": "spriest",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "spriest"
      },
      "expansion": "spriest",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "spriesties"
      },
      "expansion": "spriesties",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "iespriest"
      },
      "expansion": "iespriest",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "saspriest"
      },
      "expansion": "saspriest",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "sprę́sti",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to drive, stick into, to squeeze through, to throw, to stretch; to tighten, to harness; to judge, to decide, to solve"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian sprę́sti (“to drive, stick into, to squeeze through, to throw, to stretch; to tighten, to harness; to judge, to decide, to solve”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "прѧсти",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to spin (yarn)"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic прѧсти (pręsti, “to spin (yarn)”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "прясть"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian прясть (prjastʹ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "пря́сти"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian пря́сти (prjásty)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bg",
        "2": "преда́",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I spin"
      },
      "expansion": "Bulgarian преда́ (predá, “I spin”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cs",
        "2": "přísti"
      },
      "expansion": "Czech přísti",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "prząść"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish prząść",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "This word results from the merging of two stems: (a) Proto-Baltic *spriesti < *spried-ti < Proto-Indo-European *spreyd- (“to press, to squeeze, to block”) (cf. Sudovian cognate saspriziz (“squeeze, crush”)); and (b) Proto-Baltic *sprensti, from *sprend-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *sprend- (“to pull, to stretch, to jump”), from *per-, *sper- (“to pull, to kick, to scatter, to strew, to sputter”) (whence also Latvian spert and sprēgāt, q.v.). The meaning of the (b) forms, perhaps with some influence from the (a) forms, has become dominant, evolving from probably “to pull, to stretch, to drag”, via uses such as sprīdi spriest “to stretch a span”, i.e., “to measure (a span, a gap) by stretching one's fingers”, to “measure” > “evaluate” > “judge”. The (a) form meaning has basically disappeared in standard Latvian, but it can still be found in several dialects, where spriest can still mean “press, squeeze”, and in the standard language in some derived terms (e.g., spriesties, iespriest, saspriest). Cognates of the (b) forms include Lithuanian sprę́sti (“to drive, stick into, to squeeze through, to throw, to stretch; to tighten, to harness; to judge, to decide, to solve”), Old Church Slavonic прѧсти (pręsti, “to spin (yarn)”), Russian прясть (prjastʹ), Ukrainian пря́сти (prjásty), Bulgarian преда́ (predá, “I spin”), Czech přísti, Polish prząść.",
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      "form": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriežu",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spried",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriež",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriedu",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spried",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriedi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriedīsi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spried",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriež",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sprieda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriedīs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lai spriež",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriežam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriedām",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriedīsim",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriedīsim",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriežat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriedāt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriedīsiet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriedīsit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriediet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriež",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sprieda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriedīs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lai spriež",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriežot",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "renarrative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriedošs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "adjectival",
        "participle",
        "participle-1",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esot spriedis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "renarrative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriezdams",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "adverbial",
        "participle",
        "participle-2",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriedīšot",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "renarrative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriežot",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "adverbial",
        "participle",
        "participle-3",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lai spriežot",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriežam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "participle-4",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriedis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriestu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriežams",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "būtu spriedis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriests",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jāspriež",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "debitive",
        "indicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "būt jāspriež",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "debitive",
        "indicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esot jāspriež",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive",
        "conjunctive-1",
        "debitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nespriest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jāspriežot",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive",
        "conjunctive-2",
        "debitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spriešana",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    }
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        "10": "",
        "11": "present",
        "12": "spriežu, spried, spriež",
        "13": "past",
        "14": "spriedu",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "transitive or intransitive",
        "4": "",
        "5": "1st conjugation",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "head": "spriest"
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr-intr",
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        "3": "spriež",
        "4": "spried",
        "5": "",
        "6": "spried"
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    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sprie",
        "2": "spriež",
        "3": "1st",
        "4": "spried",
        "5": "",
        "6": "spried",
        "7": "ī",
        "8": "ž/d",
        "width": "470"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sprie",
        "2": "spriež",
        "3": "spried",
        "4": "",
        "5": "spried",
        "6": "ī",
        "7": "ž/d",
        "inf": "",
        "kc": "",
        "pass": "",
        "pol": "",
        "prespart": "",
        "refl": "",
        "stem2": "",
        "sz": "",
        "width": "100%",
        "zstd": "d"
      },
      "name": "lv-conj-1"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spriežu",
        "10": "spriedāt",
        "11": "spriedīšu",
        "12": "spriedīsi",
        "13": "spriedīs",
        "14": "spriedīsim",
        "15": "spriedīsiet,\nspriedīsit",
        "16": "spried",
        "17": "spriediet",
        "18": "spriežot",
        "19": "spriedīšot",
        "2": "spried",
        "20": "spriestu",
        "21": "jāspriež",
        "22": "jāspriežot",
        "23": "spriedošs",
        "24": "spriezdams",
        "25": "spriežot",
        "26": "spriežam",
        "27": "spriedis",
        "28": "spriežams",
        "29": "spriests",
        "3": "spriež",
        "30": "spriešana",
        "4": "spriežam",
        "5": "spriežat",
        "6": "spriedu",
        "7": "spriedi",
        "8": "sprieda",
        "9": "spriedām",
        "inf": "",
        "pass": "",
        "pol": "",
        "prespart": "",
        "refl": "",
        "width": "100%"
      },
      "name": "lv-conj-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tiesa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tiesnesis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tiesnese"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to judge independently",
          "text": "spriest patstāvīgi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to judge by witness accounts",
          "text": "spriest pēc nostāstiem",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to judge by outside appearances",
          "text": "spriest pēc ārienes",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to judge on, about the future",
          "text": "spriest par nākotni",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "he judges well, correctly",
          "text": "viņš spriež pareizi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I find it difficult to judge on this question",
          "text": "man par šo jautājumu grūti spriest",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "yes, the night seemed cool... you could judge that by the stars",
          "text": "jā, nakts liekas vēsa... to var spriest pēc zvaigznēm",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to judge (to make or formulate an opinion, a judgment)"
      ],
      "id": "en-spriest-lv-verb-dE97hdck",
      "links": [
        [
          "judge",
          "judge"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make#English"
        ],
        [
          "formulate",
          "formulate#English"
        ],
        [
          "opinion",
          "opinion#English"
        ],
        [
          "judgment",
          "judgment#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "lv:Law",
          "parents": [
            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 77",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian etymologies from LEV",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian first conjugation verbs in -t",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
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          "name": "Latvian first conjugation verbs in -zt or -st",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian undefined derivations",
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            "Undefined derivations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian words with broken intonation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "to pronounce (lit. judge) the verdict",
          "text": "spriest sodu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to dispense (lit. judge) justice",
          "text": "spriest tiesu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "as the court will judge, so it will be (= it will be as the court decides)",
          "text": "kā nu tiesa spriedīs, tā būs",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "in criminal court, justice is dispensed (lit. judged) on the basis of every citizen's equality before the law and the courts",
          "text": "krimināllietās tiesu spriež, pamatojoties uz pilsoņu vienlīdzību likuma un tiesas priekšā",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to try, to judge (to decide a case in court, to make, to emit a judgment in court)"
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      "id": "en-spriest-lv-verb-i8UkjR7D",
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        [
          "law",
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        ],
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          "try",
          "try"
        ],
        [
          "judge",
          "judge"
        ],
        [
          "decide",
          "decide#English"
        ],
        [
          "case",
          "case#English"
        ],
        [
          "court",
          "court#English"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make#English"
        ],
        [
          "emit",
          "emit#English"
        ],
        [
          "judgment",
          "judgment#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) to try, to judge (to decide a case in court, to make, to emit a judgment in court)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "7 93",
          "sense": "of \"try in court\"",
          "word": "tiesāt"
        }
      ],
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        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[spɾiɛ̂st]"
    }
  ],
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}

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  ],
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    "Latvian first conjugation verbs in -t",
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    "Latvian lemmas",
    "Latvian terms derived from Proto-Baltic",
    "Latvian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latvian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latvian terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Latvian undefined derivations",
    "Latvian verbs",
    "Latvian words with broken intonation",
    "Latvian ž/d type first conjugation verbs"
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      "word": "prefixed verbs:"
    },
    {
      "word": "apspriest"
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      "word": "iespriest"
    },
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      "word": "izspriest"
    },
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      "word": "nospriest"
    },
    {
      "word": "paspriest"
    },
    {
      "word": "pārspriest"
    },
    {
      "word": "piespriest"
    },
    {
      "word": "saspriest"
    },
    {
      "word": "aizspriedums"
    },
    {
      "word": "spriedums"
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      "word": "spriesties"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
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      },
      "expansion": "sprēgāt",
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "sprīdi"
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      "expansion": "sprīdi",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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    {
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    {
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      },
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        "1": "lv",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "2": "прѧсти",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to spin (yarn)"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic прѧсти (pręsti, “to spin (yarn)”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "прясть"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian прясть (prjastʹ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "пря́сти"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian пря́сти (prjásty)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bg",
        "2": "преда́",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I spin"
      },
      "expansion": "Bulgarian преда́ (predá, “I spin”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cs",
        "2": "přísti"
      },
      "expansion": "Czech přísti",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "prząść"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish prząść",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "This word results from the merging of two stems: (a) Proto-Baltic *spriesti < *spried-ti < Proto-Indo-European *spreyd- (“to press, to squeeze, to block”) (cf. Sudovian cognate saspriziz (“squeeze, crush”)); and (b) Proto-Baltic *sprensti, from *sprend-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *sprend- (“to pull, to stretch, to jump”), from *per-, *sper- (“to pull, to kick, to scatter, to strew, to sputter”) (whence also Latvian spert and sprēgāt, q.v.). The meaning of the (b) forms, perhaps with some influence from the (a) forms, has become dominant, evolving from probably “to pull, to stretch, to drag”, via uses such as sprīdi spriest “to stretch a span”, i.e., “to measure (a span, a gap) by stretching one's fingers”, to “measure” > “evaluate” > “judge”. The (a) form meaning has basically disappeared in standard Latvian, but it can still be found in several dialects, where spriest can still mean “press, squeeze”, and in the standard language in some derived terms (e.g., spriesties, iespriest, saspriest). Cognates of the (b) forms include Lithuanian sprę́sti (“to drive, stick into, to squeeze through, to throw, to stretch; to tighten, to harness; to judge, to decide, to solve”), Old Church Slavonic прѧсти (pręsti, “to spin (yarn)”), Russian прясть (prjastʹ), Ukrainian пря́сти (prjásty), Bulgarian преда́ (predá, “I spin”), Czech přísti, Polish prząść.",
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
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        "imperative",
        "singular"
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "spriežam",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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    },
    {
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
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        "imperative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "spriedīsiet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
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    },
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "renarrative"
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      "form": "spriedošs",
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        "adjectival",
        "participle",
        "participle-1",
        "present"
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      "form": "esot spriedis",
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        "past",
        "renarrative"
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    },
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      "form": "spriezdams",
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        "active",
        "adverbial",
        "participle",
        "participle-2",
        "present"
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      "form": "spriedīšot",
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        "future",
        "renarrative"
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        "participle",
        "participle-3",
        "present"
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        "participle",
        "participle-4",
        "present"
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        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
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      "form": "spriestu",
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        "present"
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        "past"
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      "form": "spriests",
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        "participle",
        "passive",
        "past"
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        "indicative"
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      "form": "būt jāspriež",
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        "debitive"
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        "negative"
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        "debitive"
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        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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      },
      "name": "lv-conj"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sprie",
        "2": "spriež",
        "3": "spried",
        "4": "",
        "5": "spried",
        "6": "ī",
        "7": "ž/d",
        "inf": "",
        "kc": "",
        "pass": "",
        "pol": "",
        "prespart": "",
        "refl": "",
        "stem2": "",
        "sz": "",
        "width": "100%",
        "zstd": "d"
      },
      "name": "lv-conj-1"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spriežu",
        "10": "spriedāt",
        "11": "spriedīšu",
        "12": "spriedīsi",
        "13": "spriedīs",
        "14": "spriedīsim",
        "15": "spriedīsiet,\nspriedīsit",
        "16": "spried",
        "17": "spriediet",
        "18": "spriežot",
        "19": "spriedīšot",
        "2": "spried",
        "20": "spriestu",
        "21": "jāspriež",
        "22": "jāspriežot",
        "23": "spriedošs",
        "24": "spriezdams",
        "25": "spriežot",
        "26": "spriežam",
        "27": "spriedis",
        "28": "spriežams",
        "29": "spriests",
        "3": "spriež",
        "30": "spriešana",
        "4": "spriežam",
        "5": "spriežat",
        "6": "spriedu",
        "7": "spriedi",
        "8": "sprieda",
        "9": "spriedām",
        "inf": "",
        "pass": "",
        "pol": "",
        "prespart": "",
        "refl": "",
        "width": "100%"
      },
      "name": "lv-conj-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "tiesa"
    },
    {
      "word": "tiesnesis"
    },
    {
      "word": "tiesnese"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to judge independently",
          "text": "spriest patstāvīgi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to judge by witness accounts",
          "text": "spriest pēc nostāstiem",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to judge by outside appearances",
          "text": "spriest pēc ārienes",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to judge on, about the future",
          "text": "spriest par nākotni",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "he judges well, correctly",
          "text": "viņš spriež pareizi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I find it difficult to judge on this question",
          "text": "man par šo jautājumu grūti spriest",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "yes, the night seemed cool... you could judge that by the stars",
          "text": "jā, nakts liekas vēsa... to var spriest pēc zvaigznēm",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to judge (to make or formulate an opinion, a judgment)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "judge",
          "judge"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make#English"
        ],
        [
          "formulate",
          "formulate#English"
        ],
        [
          "opinion",
          "opinion#English"
        ],
        [
          "judgment",
          "judgment#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples",
        "lv:Law"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to pronounce (lit. judge) the verdict",
          "text": "spriest sodu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to dispense (lit. judge) justice",
          "text": "spriest tiesu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "as the court will judge, so it will be (= it will be as the court decides)",
          "text": "kā nu tiesa spriedīs, tā būs",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "in criminal court, justice is dispensed (lit. judged) on the basis of every citizen's equality before the law and the courts",
          "text": "krimināllietās tiesu spriež, pamatojoties uz pilsoņu vienlīdzību likuma un tiesas priekšā",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to try, to judge (to decide a case in court, to make, to emit a judgment in court)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "try",
          "try"
        ],
        [
          "judge",
          "judge"
        ],
        [
          "decide",
          "decide#English"
        ],
        [
          "case",
          "case#English"
        ],
        [
          "court",
          "court#English"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make#English"
        ],
        [
          "emit",
          "emit#English"
        ],
        [
          "judgment",
          "judgment#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) to try, to judge (to decide a case in court, to make, to emit a judgment in court)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[spɾiɛ̂st]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "of \"try in court\"",
      "word": "tiesāt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spriest"
}