Meaning of -ināt | Babel Free

Definitions

1. causative or factitive, from verbs
   morpheme
2. causative or factitive, from adjectives
   morpheme
3. causative or factitive, from nouns (sometimes)
   morpheme

Examples

“audzināt (“to raise, bring up”) < augt (“to grow”)”

“raudināt (“to make cry”) < raudāt (“to cry”)”

“biedināt (“to scare, frighten”) < biedēt (“to scare, frighten”)”

“kurināt < kurt”

“cepināt (“to grill, bake (for long time)”) < cept (“to bake, roast, fry”)”

“nabadzināt (“to make poor”) < nabags (“poor”)”

“saldināt (“to sweeten”) < salds (“sweet”)”

“biezināt (“to thicken”) < biezs (“thick”)”

“mazināt (“to reduce”) < mazs (“small”)”

“īsināt (“shorten”) < īss (“short”)”

“dievināt (“to deify, idolize”) < dievs (“god”)”

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