Meaning of rakstīt | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to write (to fix (a word, a sentence, a text) by means of writing; to make, form letters with a writing instrument)
   transitive
2. to write (to send a letter, a written message, to someone)
   transitive
3. to write (to be usable for writing)
   transitive
4. to write (to compose, to create an original text, expressing one's ideas, feelings, etc.)
   transitive
5. to write, to compose
   transitive, usually
6. to sew, to knit, to weave, to forge in such a way that the resulting object contains symbols, letters, patterns (of clothes, fabric, metal etc.)
   transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“prast labi rakstīt”

to know how to write well

“mācīties rakstīt ar rakstāmmašīnu”

to learn to type (lit. write) with a typewriter

“rakstīt diktātu”

to write a dictation

“mācīties rakstīt burtus”

to learn to write the letters, the alphabet

“tu vari rakstīt arī šos vārdus par devīzi”

you can also write these words as (your) motto

“lekcijā visus valodu piemērus profesors nekļūdīgi rakstījis no galvas”

during the class, the professor (had) written all language examples from memory without mistakes

“mēs rakstām... katru līniju, katru burta līkumu Jānis izvelk ar nopietnību”

we are writing... every line, every stroke of (every) letter Jānis drew with (full) seriousness

“tu raksti tam, kas tevi sapratīs”

you (should) write to someone who understands you

“pildspalva raksta viegli, it kā pati no sevis”

the pen writes easily, as if by itself

“rakstīt dzejoļus, lugu”

to write poems, a play

“rakstīt referāta tezes”

to write an abstract

“rakstīt ievadrakstu”

to write an introduction

“rakstīt interviju”

to write an interview

“rakstīt par dabas aizsardzību”

to write about nature conservation

“rakstīt par zinātnes sasniegumiem”

to write about the achievements of science

“franču prese daudz raksta par izglītības problēmām”

the French press writes a lot about education problems

“rakstīt simfoniju”

to write a symphony

“rakstīt operu”

to write opera

“bija jau sen zināms, ka Ravels ir smagi slims, ka viņš vairs nespēj mūziku rakstīt”

it had been known for a while that Ravel was very sick, that he no longer could write music

“sieva auda un rakstīja cauru nakti skaistu, skaistu lakatu”

(his) wife knitted and inscribed through the night a beautiful, beautiful scarf

“rakstītos gredzenos Saule un Mēness atstarosies”

in the inscribed rings, the Sun and the Moon were reflected (= their light was reflected on the rings)

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