Meaning of vainot | Babel Free

Definitions

to find (someone) guilty, to blame, to attribute guilt to (someone)

intransitive

Examples

“vainot pašam sevi”

to blame oneself

“vainot kādu vai visos grēkos”

to blame someone for all sins

“tur neviens nav vainojams”

there is nobody to blame (lit. blamable) in that

“lomi nāca, bet vēl arvien pamazi; kapteinis vainoja zivju mistaru, ka tas neprot noteikt tīklu dziļumu”

(fish) catches came, but still gradually; the captain blamed the fish master for not knowing how to determine the depth of the net

“pulksteņi nav vainojami; lietiņa, rau, tāda, ka jūsējais rāda Maskavas laiku, bet manējais - Rietumeiropas... starpība: divas stundas”

the clocks are not to blame; a little thing like yours shows Moscow time, and mine - Western European... difference: two hours

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