pavēle

See also: pavēlē

Latvian

Etymology

From pa- +‎ vēle (“will, wish”). The original meaning was “permission; wish;” apparently, this word was influenced by the similar-sounding German Befehl (“order, command”), and changed its meaning accordingly.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pavɛ̄ːlɛ]

Noun

pavēle f (5th declension)

  1. order, command (formal, binding oral or written instruction to carry out an activity)
    direktora pavēle ― the director's order
    tiesas pavēle ― court order
    dot pavēli ― to give an order
    noklausīties, izlasīt pavēli ― to listen to, to read an order
    izpildīt pavēli ― to execute an order
    pēc dažām stundām skaļruņos atskanēja pavēle nepiederošām personām atstāt kuģa klāju ― after a few hours the command for non-authorized people to leave the ship boomed in the loudspeakers
    pienāca štāba pavēle: Sala jāaizstāv līdz pēdējam vīram ― then came the order from the headquarters: Sala must be defended to the last man
  2. (linguistics, grammar) imperative (mood)
    pavēles izteiksme ― imperative mood (lit. command mood)

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References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “vēlēt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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