vingrot
Latvian

Vingrot
Etymology
From the same stem as vingrs (“agile, strong”), made into a second-conjugation verb (ending -ot). In its present sense, this word was introduced by A. Kronvalds in the 1870s, apparently based on a pre-existing dialectal term *vingrot or *vingroties (cf. dialectal vinguroties “to squirm, to writhe, to wiggle”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vīŋɡɾuôt]
Verb
vingrot intr., 2nd conj., pres. vingroju, vingro, vingro, past vingroju
- to exercise, to do (physical) exercises; to do gymnastics
- nostājos taisni, nolaižu rokas gar sāniem, pāris reižu dziļi ievelku elpu un sāku vingrot ― standing straight, I lower (my) hands along (my) sides, I breathe in deeply a couple of times and I begin to exercise
- viņš nav vājāks, bet pat stiprāks nekā citi puiši, kuri beidza skolu... neviens nav tik daudz vingrojis ar hantelēm kā viņš ― he is not weaker, but stronger than the other boys that finished school... no one has exercised so much with dumbbells
- vingrojot jāievēro pareiza elpošana: dziļa ieelpa un iespējami pilnīga izelpa bez elpas aizturēšanas ― (when) exercising, one must pay attention to (one's) correct breathing: inhale deeply and exhale as fully as possible without keeping the air (in)
Conjugation
conjugation of vingrot
Derived terms
- pavingrot
- vingrojums
- vingrošana
- vingrotājs, vingrotāja
Related terms
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “vingrs”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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