sargāt

Latvian

verb form
Definitions
  • to protect, to guard to act in such a way that something, some place, etc. becomes unavailable, inaccessible to undesirable or unauthorized people
  • to protect to prevent something unwanted, undesirable from happening to someone, usually an important person
  • (usually of military forces) to protect, to defend to prevent the enemy from attacking, spying, etc.
  • to protect, to guard to prevent something or someone from being stolen, destroyed, attacked, etc., also of animals
  • to guard, to watch over to limit the freedom of action of someone, usually a prisoner
  • to protect, to shelter to use something carefully, to prevent bad external influences on something
  • to protect, to keep, to guard to make something, e.g., honor, tradition, relationships, be preserved

Etymology

Derived from *serg- derived from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (bind, flow, protect, watch over, run, put together, arrange, tie, thread, unite, tack, stream, grasp, tie together, take, preserve).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ser-

Gloss

bind, flow, protect, watch over, run, put together, arrange, tie, thread, unite, tack, stream, grasp, tie together, take, preserve

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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