mainīt

From Proto-Baltic *mainas, from *moy-no-s, from Proto-Indo-European *moy-, *mey-, *mī- (“to change”) (whence also mīt (“to change”)). Cognates include Lithuanian maĩnas (“change”), Old Church Slavonic мѣнити (měniti), Russian менять (menjatʹ), из-мени́ть (iz-menítʹ), Czech měniti, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (maidjan, “to change; to cheat, to deceive”), 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (gamains, “common, collective”) (< “which went through many changes, transactions”), German meiden (“to avoid”), gemein (“ordinary, common”), Sanskrit मयते (máyate), मिनाति (mināti, “to change”), Ancient Greek μοῖνος (moînos, “gratitude, reward”) (< Latin *moitos (“change”) ?), Latin mūnus (“obligation; office; gift”) (< *moenus, “change” ?).[1]

• IPA^(key): [māīnîːt]

mainīt (tr., 3rd conj., pres. mainu, maini, maina, past mainīju)

1. to change, to exchange

   mainīt naudu ― to change money (into smaller pieces; into foreign currency)

   mainīt latu sīknaudā ― to change one lat in(to) small change

   mainīt pastmarkas ― to change stamps

   izdevīgi, neizdevīgi mainīt ― to exchange (something) advantageously, disadvantageously

2. to change, to replace (something, with something else)

   mainīt dzīvesvietu ― to change (one's) residence, address

   mainīt dzīvokli ― to change apartments

   mainīt specialitāti ― to change specialty

   mainīt uzvārdu, darbu ― to change (one's) family name, (one's) work

   mainīt vārdu kārtību ― to change the word order

   mainīt tērpus ― to change clothes, costumes

3. to change, to replace (with a new one)

   mainīt kompreses ― to change compresses.

   mainīt motoriem eļļu ― to change the engine oil

4. to change (to make something become different)

   mainīt raksturu, balsi ― to change (one's) character, voice

   mainīt dzīves veidu ― to change (one's) way of life

   mainīt attieksmi pret draugu ― to change (one's) attitude to a friend

   vējš maina virzienu ― the wind is changing direction

   mainīt lēmumu, izturēšanos ― to change (one's) decision, behavior

   viņš mainījis savu uzskatu ― he changed his view

   hameleons maina krāsu ― the chameleon changed (its) color

   krēsla maina priekšmetu apveidus ― the twilight changes the shapes of objects

5. to change (to move from one place to another)

   mainīt vietām mēbeles ― to change the place of the furniture, to swap furniture

6. to exchange (to say one&#039;s (opinion, thought) and to hear another person's)

   vēl kādus vārdus ar Annu mainījis, vecais atvadījās un aizgāja ― having exchanged a few words with Anna, the old man said goodbye and left

• mīt

prefixed verbs:

• mainīgs
• mainīties
• maiņa
• (rare term) maiņus