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

• IPA^(key): [pavɛ̄ːlɛ]

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pavēle f (5th declension)

1. order,command(formal,bindingoral orwritteninstruction tocarry out anactivity)

   direktorapavēle ―the director'sorder

   tiesaspavēle ―courtorder

   dotpavēli ―to give anorder

   noklausīties, izlasītpavēli ―to listen to, to read anorder

   izpildītpavēli ―to execute anorder

   pēc dažām stundām skaļruņos atskanējapavēle nepiederošām personām atstāt kuģa klāju ―after a few hours the command for non-authorized people to leave the ship boomed in the loudspeakers

   pienāca štābapavēle: Sala jāaizstāv līdz pēdējam vīram ―then came theorder from the headquarters: Sala must be defended to the last man

2. (linguistics, grammar)imperative (mood)

   pavēles izteiksme ―imperative mood (lit.command mood)

• pavēlēt
• pavēlniecība
• pavēlniecisks
• pavēlnieks,pavēlniece

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