meklēt in Latvian

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Etymology: The origin of this word is not clear. Some researchers link it to Latvian mācēt (“to know how, to be able to”), Russian dialectal намо́кнуть (namóknutʹ, “to become accustomed”), Polish dialectal makać (“to touch, to hit”), maklać, makłać (“to touch”). Others suggest that meklēt comes from Proto-Indo-European *mē- (“to measure”), via Proto-Baltic *met-l- (cf. mest (“to throw”) > *met-ti < *mē-) > mekl-. A third idea is that meklēt is related to dialectal terms for “digging”, like meknīt, mekņīt “to dig (in a thick mass)”, meksēt, mekšēt, mekšķēt (“to dig; to eat with appetite”). If originally the stem is supposed to have meant “to dig (into a thick mass)”, then it would be possible to derive meklēt from Proto-Indo-European *mak-, *māk- (“wet”), leading to an older verb *mekt, of which meklēt would originally have been the iterative form; the semantic evolution would have been “thick, wet substance” > “to dig into a thick, wet substance” > “to search for something (in a thick, wet substance)” > “to search, to look for”. Cognates include Lithuanian mė́klinti (“to suspect; to mention; to recall; to think; to consider, to ponder”), Russian dialectal ме́кать, мека́ть (mékatʹ, mekátʹ, “to think, to believe, to know, to sense, to hope for”). Etymology templates: {{cog|lv|mācēt||to know how, to be able to}} Latvian mācēt (“to know how, to be able to”), {{cog|ru|-}} Russian, {{cog|pl|-}} Polish, {{der|lv|ine-pro|*mē-||to measure}} Proto-Indo-European *mē- (“to measure”), {{der|lv|bat-pro|-}} Proto-Baltic, {{cog|ine-pro|*mak-}} Proto-Indo-European *mak-, {{cog|lt|mė́klinti||to suspect; to mention; to recall; to think; to consider, to ponder}} Lithuanian mė́klinti (“to suspect; to mention; to recall; to think; to consider, to ponder”), {{cog|ru|-}} Russian Head templates: {{head|lv|verb|transitive||2nd conjugation||||||present|meklēju, meklē, meklē|past|meklēju|head=meklēt}} meklēt (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present meklēju, meklē, meklē, past meklēju), {{lv-verb|tr|2nd|mekl|ē}} meklēt (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present meklēju, meklē, meklē, past meklēju) Inflection templates: {{lv-conj|mekl|ē|2nd}}, {{lv-conj-2|mekl|ē|{{{4}}}|inf=|pass=|pol=|prespart=|refl=|width=100%}}, {{lv-conj-table|meklēju|meklē|meklē|meklējam|meklējat|meklēju|meklēji|meklēja|meklējām|meklējāt|meklēšu|meklēsi|meklēs|meklēsim|meklēsiet, meklēsit|meklē|meklējiet|meklējot|meklēšot|meklētu|jāmeklē|jāmeklējot|meklējošs|meklēdams|meklējot|meklējam|meklējis|meklējams|meklēts|meklēšana|inf=|pass=|pol=|prespart=|refl=|width=100%}} Forms: conjugation [second-person], meklēju [present], meklē [present], meklēju [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], meklēju [first-person, indicative, present, singular], meklēju [first-person, indicative, past, singular], meklēšu [first-person, future, indicative, singular], - [first-person, imperative, singular], meklē [indicative, present, second-person, singular], meklēji [indicative, past, second-person, singular], meklēsi [future, indicative, second-person, singular], meklē [imperative, second-person, singular], meklē [indicative, present, singular, third-person], meklēja [indicative, past, singular, third-person], meklēs [future, indicative, singular, third-person], lai meklē [imperative, singular, third-person], meklējam [first-person, indicative, plural, present], meklējām [first-person, indicative, past, plural], meklēsim [first-person, future, indicative, plural], meklēsim [first-person, imperative, plural], meklējat [indicative, plural, present, second-person], meklējāt [indicative, past, plural, second-person], meklēsiet [future, indicative, plural, second-person], meklēsit [future, indicative, plural, second-person], meklējiet [imperative, plural, second-person], meklē [indicative, plural, present, third-person], meklēja [indicative, past, plural, third-person], meklēs [future, indicative, plural, third-person], lai meklē [imperative, plural, third-person], meklējot [present, renarrative], meklējošs [active, adjectival, participle, participle-1, present], esot meklējis [past, renarrative], meklēdams [active, adverbial, participle, participle-2, present], meklēšot [future, renarrative], meklējot [active, adverbial, participle, participle-3, present], lai meklējot [imperative], meklējam [active, participle, participle-4, present], meklējis [active, participle, past], meklētu [conditional, present], meklējams [participle, passive, present], būtu meklējis [conditional, past], meklēts [participle, passive, past], jāmeklē [debitive, indicative], būt jāmeklē [debitive, indicative], meklēt [infinitive], esot jāmeklē [conjunctive, conjunctive-1, debitive], nemeklēt [infinitive, negative], jāmeklējot [conjunctive, conjunctive-2, debitive], meklēšana [noun-from-verb]

Inflected forms

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      "form": "meklēdams",
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        "present"
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    {
      "form": "meklētu",
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      "form": "būtu meklējis",
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      "form": "meklēts",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past"
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      "form": "jāmeklē",
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        "indicative"
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      "form": "būt jāmeklē",
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      "form": "meklēt",
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      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
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    {
      "form": "esot jāmeklē",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conjunctive-1",
        "debitive"
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        "infinitive",
        "negative"
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        "conjunctive-2",
        "debitive"
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        "4": "meklējam",
        "5": "meklējat",
        "6": "meklēju",
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        {
          "english": "to look for the lost gloves",
          "text": "meklēt pazaudētos cimdus",
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        },
        {
          "english": "to look for the keys in (one's) pockets",
          "text": "meklēt kabatās atslēgus",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look for a document in the drawer",
          "text": "meklēt atvilktnē dokumentu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look for parents who disappeared during the war",
          "text": "meklēt karā pazudušos vecākus",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "having bowed (his) head, he is looking for the money",
          "text": "galvu noliecis, viņš meklē naudu",
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        {
          "english": "she was busy all around the room, looking for a plate with a fork and knife",
          "text": "viņa rosījās pa istabu, meklēdama kādu šķīvi un nazi ar dakšiņu",
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          "look for"
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        [
          "lost",
          "lose"
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          "hide"
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          "english": "to look for animal trails, footprints",
          "text": "meklēt zvēru pēdas",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look for an access to the river",
          "text": "meklēt pieeju upei",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look for the road to the lake",
          "text": "meklēt ceļu uz ezeru",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "he hastened to look for Tīrumu street",
          "text": "viņš steidzās meklēt Tīrumu ielu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "they looked for ship hails in several unknown languages on shortwaves",
          "text": "viņi meklē pa īsviļņiem kuģu sasaukšanos dažādās nesaprotamās valodās",
          "type": "example"
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        "to search for, to look for (to try to perceive or discern something)"
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          "try",
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          "perceive",
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          "discern",
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          "english": "to search for oil fields",
          "text": "meklēt naftas atradnes",
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        {
          "english": "(they) searched for diamonds also elsewhere: in the Kola pensinsula, in the Yenissey basin",
          "text": "diamanti tika meklēti arī citur: Kolas pussalā, Jeņisejas baseinā",
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          "research",
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          "analyzing",
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        {
          "english": "to look for a defective item",
          "text": "meklēt brāķi",
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        },
        {
          "english": "to look for typographical errors in a text",
          "text": "meklēt tekstā iespiedkļūdas",
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      "id": "en-meklēt-lv-verb-yf~HD4sX",
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        [
          "error",
          "error#English"
        ],
        [
          "mistake",
          "mistake#English"
        ],
        [
          "search",
          "search"
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        [
          "for",
          "for"
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        [
          "look for",
          "look for"
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      "qualifier": "mistakes",
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        "(of errors, mistakes) to search for, to look for, to check for"
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        "of errors"
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        "transitive"
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          "english": "to look for work, a job",
          "text": "meklēt darbu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look for a loan",
          "text": "meklēt aizņēmumu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look in the shops for cloth for a suit",
          "text": "meklēt veikalos uzvalkam drānu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the local collective farm is looking for seeds of perennial plants",
          "text": "rajona kolhozi meklē daudzgadīgo zāļu sēklas",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "to search for, to look for (to try to find or obtain something that one needs or wants)"
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          "look for"
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          "need",
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          "english": "to look for help (= a helper, an assistant)",
          "text": "meklēt palīgu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look for employees",
          "text": "meklēt darbiniekus",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "“listen, Arvid!” Baltābols came (to him): “some guy is looking for you; he has already been to your house”",
          "text": "“paklausies, Arvīd!” Baltābols pienāca: “kāds vīrs tevi meklē; bijis pie tevis jau mājā”",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "to look for, to try to meet (someone), to try to find (someone, e.g., for a job)"
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        ],
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          "try",
          "try"
        ],
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          "meet",
          "meet"
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          "find"
        ],
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          "job",
          "job"
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        "transitive"
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        },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to seek pleasure",
          "text": "meklēt prieku",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to seek comfort, solace, consolation",
          "text": "meklēt mierinājumu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look for a free moment",
          "text": "meklēt brīvu brīdi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the old man looked all around, as if seeking help",
          "text": "vecais pārlaida skatu visapkārt, it kā meklēdams palīdzību",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to look for, to seek (to try to be in a certain situation, to have a certain emotion)"
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          "seek"
        ],
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          "try",
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        ],
        [
          "be",
          "be#English"
        ],
        [
          "certain",
          "certain#English"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation#English"
        ],
        [
          "have",
          "have#English"
        ],
        [
          "emotion",
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      "tags": [
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          "english": "to look for evidence",
          "text": "meklēt pierādījumus",
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        {
          "english": "to look for a solution to a problem",
          "text": "meklēt problēmas atrisinājumu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look for new ways of working",
          "text": "meklēt jaunas darba metodes",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look for a way out of the situation",
          "text": "meklēt izeju no situācijas",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look for words (= to try to say something appropriate)",
          "text": "meklēt vārdus",
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        },
        {
          "english": "the institute people are looking for the best options",
          "text": "institūta ļaudis meklē vislabākos variantus",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "to look for, to search for (to try to obtain some information, to think of something, to create something new in one's mind)"
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        ],
        [
          "create",
          "create#English"
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        [
          "new",
          "new#English"
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          "mind#English"
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    "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latvian etymologies from LEV",
    "Latvian lemmas",
    "Latvian second conjugation verbs",
    "Latvian second conjugation verbs in -ēt",
    "Latvian terms derived from Proto-Baltic",
    "Latvian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latvian terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Latvian transitive verbs",
    "Latvian verbs",
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      "word": "apmeklēt"
    },
    {
      "word": "izmeklēt"
    },
    {
      "word": "nomeklēt"
    },
    {
      "word": "pameklēt"
    },
    {
      "word": "pārmeklēt"
    },
    {
      "word": "piemeklēt"
    },
    {
      "word": "sameklēt"
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    {
      "word": "uzmeklēt"
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    {
      "word": "meklējums"
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    {
      "word": "meklētājs"
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    {
      "word": "meklētāja"
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        "2": "mācēt",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to know how, to be able to"
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        "2": "-"
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      "name": "cog"
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        "2": "-"
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      "name": "cog"
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        "4": "",
        "5": "to measure"
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      "name": "der"
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        "3": "-"
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mak-",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "mė́klinti",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to suspect; to mention; to recall; to think; to consider, to ponder"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian mė́klinti (“to suspect; to mention; to recall; to think; to consider, to ponder”)",
      "name": "cog"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "The origin of this word is not clear. Some researchers link it to Latvian mācēt (“to know how, to be able to”), Russian dialectal намо́кнуть (namóknutʹ, “to become accustomed”), Polish dialectal makać (“to touch, to hit”), maklać, makłać (“to touch”). Others suggest that meklēt comes from Proto-Indo-European *mē- (“to measure”), via Proto-Baltic *met-l- (cf. mest (“to throw”) > *met-ti < *mē-) > mekl-. A third idea is that meklēt is related to dialectal terms for “digging”, like meknīt, mekņīt “to dig (in a thick mass)”, meksēt, mekšēt, mekšķēt (“to dig; to eat with appetite”). If originally the stem is supposed to have meant “to dig (into a thick mass)”, then it would be possible to derive meklēt from Proto-Indo-European *mak-, *māk- (“wet”), leading to an older verb *mekt, of which meklēt would originally have been the iterative form; the semantic evolution would have been “thick, wet substance” > “to dig into a thick, wet substance” > “to search for something (in a thick, wet substance)” > “to search, to look for”. Cognates include Lithuanian mė́klinti (“to suspect; to mention; to recall; to think; to consider, to ponder”), Russian dialectal ме́кать, мека́ть (mékatʹ, mekátʹ, “to think, to believe, to know, to sense, to hope for”).",
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        "present"
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "meklēsi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklē",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklē",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklēja",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklēs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lai meklē",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklējam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklējām",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklēsim",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklēsim",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklējat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklējāt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklēsiet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklēsit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklējiet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklē",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklēja",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklēs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lai meklē",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklējot",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "renarrative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklējošs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "adjectival",
        "participle",
        "participle-1",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esot meklējis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "renarrative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklēdams",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "adverbial",
        "participle",
        "participle-2",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklēšot",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "renarrative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklējot",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "adverbial",
        "participle",
        "participle-3",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lai meklējot",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklējam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "participle-4",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklējis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklētu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklējams",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "būtu meklējis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklēts",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jāmeklē",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "debitive",
        "indicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "būt jāmeklē",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "debitive",
        "indicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklēt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "esot jāmeklē",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive",
        "conjunctive-1",
        "debitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nemeklēt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jāmeklējot",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive",
        "conjunctive-2",
        "debitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meklēšana",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "",
        "11": "present",
        "12": "meklēju, meklē, meklē",
        "13": "past",
        "14": "meklēju",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "transitive",
        "4": "",
        "5": "2nd conjugation",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "head": "meklēt"
      },
      "expansion": "meklēt (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present meklēju, meklē, meklē, past meklēju)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "2nd",
        "3": "mekl",
        "4": "ē"
      },
      "expansion": "meklēt (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present meklēju, meklē, meklē, past meklēju)",
      "name": "lv-verb"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mekl",
        "2": "ē",
        "3": "2nd"
      },
      "name": "lv-conj"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mekl",
        "2": "ē",
        "3": "{{{4}}}",
        "inf": "",
        "pass": "",
        "pol": "",
        "prespart": "",
        "refl": "",
        "width": "100%"
      },
      "name": "lv-conj-2"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "meklēju",
        "10": "meklējāt",
        "11": "meklēšu",
        "12": "meklēsi",
        "13": "meklēs",
        "14": "meklēsim",
        "15": "meklēsiet,\nmeklēsit",
        "16": "meklē",
        "17": "meklējiet",
        "18": "meklējot",
        "19": "meklēšot",
        "2": "meklē",
        "20": "meklētu",
        "21": "jāmeklē",
        "22": "jāmeklējot",
        "23": "meklējošs",
        "24": "meklēdams",
        "25": "meklējot",
        "26": "meklējam",
        "27": "meklējis",
        "28": "meklējams",
        "29": "meklēts",
        "3": "meklē",
        "30": "meklēšana",
        "4": "meklējam",
        "5": "meklējat",
        "6": "meklēju",
        "7": "meklēji",
        "8": "meklēja",
        "9": "meklējām",
        "inf": "",
        "pass": "",
        "pol": "",
        "prespart": "",
        "refl": "",
        "width": "100%"
      },
      "name": "lv-conj-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to look for the lost gloves",
          "text": "meklēt pazaudētos cimdus",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look for the keys in (one's) pockets",
          "text": "meklēt kabatās atslēgus",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look for a document in the drawer",
          "text": "meklēt atvilktnē dokumentu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look for parents who disappeared during the war",
          "text": "meklēt karā pazudušos vecākus",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "having bowed (his) head, he is looking for the money",
          "text": "galvu noliecis, viņš meklē naudu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "she was busy all around the room, looking for a plate with a fork and knife",
          "text": "viņa rosījās pa istabu, meklēdama kādu šķīvi un nazi ar dakšiņu",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to search for, to look for (something or someone lost, hidden, etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "search",
          "search"
        ],
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "look for",
          "look for"
        ],
        [
          "lost",
          "lose"
        ],
        [
          "hidden",
          "hide"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to look for animal trails, footprints",
          "text": "meklēt zvēru pēdas",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look for an access to the river",
          "text": "meklēt pieeju upei",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look for the road to the lake",
          "text": "meklēt ceļu uz ezeru",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "he hastened to look for Tīrumu street",
          "text": "viņš steidzās meklēt Tīrumu ielu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "they looked for ship hails in several unknown languages on shortwaves",
          "text": "viņi meklē pa īsviļņiem kuģu sasaukšanos dažādās nesaprotamās valodās",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to search for, to look for (to try to perceive or discern something)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "search",
          "search"
        ],
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "look for",
          "look for"
        ],
        [
          "try",
          "try#English"
        ],
        [
          "perceive",
          "perceive#English"
        ],
        [
          "discern",
          "discern#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to search for oil fields",
          "text": "meklēt naftas atradnes",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(they) searched for diamonds also elsewhere: in the Kola pensinsula, in the Yenissey basin",
          "text": "diamanti tika meklēti arī citur: Kolas pussalā, Jeņisejas baseinā",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to search for, to look for (to try to find by researching, analyzing)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "search",
          "search"
        ],
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "look for",
          "look for"
        ],
        [
          "try",
          "try#English"
        ],
        [
          "find",
          "find#English"
        ],
        [
          "research",
          "research#English"
        ],
        [
          "analyzing",
          "analyze#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to look for a defective item",
          "text": "meklēt brāķi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look for typographical errors in a text",
          "text": "meklēt tekstā iespiedkļūdas",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to search for, to look for, to check for"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "error",
          "error#English"
        ],
        [
          "mistake",
          "mistake#English"
        ],
        [
          "search",
          "search"
        ],
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "look for",
          "look for"
        ],
        [
          "check",
          "check"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "mistakes",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of errors, mistakes) to search for, to look for, to check for"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of errors"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to look for work, a job",
          "text": "meklēt darbu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look for a loan",
          "text": "meklēt aizņēmumu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look in the shops for cloth for a suit",
          "text": "meklēt veikalos uzvalkam drānu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the local collective farm is looking for seeds of perennial plants",
          "text": "rajona kolhozi meklē daudzgadīgo zāļu sēklas",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to search for, to look for (to try to find or obtain something that one needs or wants)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "search",
          "search"
        ],
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "look for",
          "look for"
        ],
        [
          "try",
          "try#English"
        ],
        [
          "find",
          "find#English"
        ],
        [
          "obtain",
          "obtain#English"
        ],
        [
          "need",
          "need#English"
        ],
        [
          "want",
          "want#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to look for help (= a helper, an assistant)",
          "text": "meklēt palīgu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look for employees",
          "text": "meklēt darbiniekus",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "“listen, Arvid!” Baltābols came (to him): “some guy is looking for you; he has already been to your house”",
          "text": "“paklausies, Arvīd!” Baltābols pienāca: “kāds vīrs tevi meklē; bijis pie tevis jau mājā”",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to look for, to try to meet (someone), to try to find (someone, e.g., for a job)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "look for",
          "look for"
        ],
        [
          "try",
          "try"
        ],
        [
          "meet",
          "meet"
        ],
        [
          "find",
          "find"
        ],
        [
          "job",
          "job"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to seek pleasure",
          "text": "meklēt prieku",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to seek comfort, solace, consolation",
          "text": "meklēt mierinājumu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look for a free moment",
          "text": "meklēt brīvu brīdi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the old man looked all around, as if seeking help",
          "text": "vecais pārlaida skatu visapkārt, it kā meklēdams palīdzību",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to look for, to seek (to try to be in a certain situation, to have a certain emotion)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "look for",
          "look for"
        ],
        [
          "seek",
          "seek"
        ],
        [
          "try",
          "try#English"
        ],
        [
          "be",
          "be#English"
        ],
        [
          "certain",
          "certain#English"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation#English"
        ],
        [
          "have",
          "have#English"
        ],
        [
          "emotion",
          "emotion#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to look for evidence",
          "text": "meklēt pierādījumus",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look for a solution to a problem",
          "text": "meklēt problēmas atrisinājumu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look for new ways of working",
          "text": "meklēt jaunas darba metodes",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look for a way out of the situation",
          "text": "meklēt izeju no situācijas",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to look for words (= to try to say something appropriate)",
          "text": "meklēt vārdus",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the institute people are looking for the best options",
          "text": "institūta ļaudis meklē vislabākos variantus",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to look for, to search for (to try to obtain some information, to think of something, to create something new in one's mind)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "look for",
          "look for"
        ],
        [
          "search",
          "search"
        ],
        [
          "for",
          "for"
        ],
        [
          "try",
          "try#English"
        ],
        [
          "obtain",
          "obtain#English"
        ],
        [
          "information",
          "information#English"
        ],
        [
          "think",
          "think#English"
        ],
        [
          "create",
          "create#English"
        ],
        [
          "new",
          "new#English"
        ],
        [
          "mind",
          "mind#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mɛklɛ̂ːt]"
    },
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  "word": "meklēt"
}

"meklēt" meaning in Latvian

Verb

Inflected forms