Originally the adverbial form (<*vēli) of a palatalizedi-stem parallel form of theu-stem adjectivevēls (q.v.) (<*vēlus; cf. pronunciation [ˈvæ̂ːls] with [æ], instead of the [ɛ] in the adverb [ˈvɛ̂ːl]). Cognates includeLithuanianvė̃l(“again”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛ̂ːl]

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vêl

1. (innegativesentences)used toindicate that agivenaction,expected tohappen, has notstarted up to themoment ofspeaking;yet,so far

   viņšvēl nav pārnācis ―he hasn't come/arrivedyet

   neesmuvēl redzējis, kā dedzina ogles un tecina darvu ―I haven't seenyet how one burns coal and produces tar

   “Zigi, vai tu neesivēl aizmidzis?” pēc brīža Vilnis iejautājās: “nē!” ―“Zigi, aren't you asleepyet?” after a moment Vilins answered: “no!”

2. (inaffirmativesentences)used toindicate that acertainaction orstatescontinues on at thetime ofspeaking;still,on

   bija jau pāri pusnaktij; Robisvēl klimta pa kūtsaugšu ―it was already past midnight; Robis wasstill doing nothing in the loft

   Antiņš ar cūkāmvēl Auzukalnā ―Antiņš and the pigs (are)still in Auzukalns

   arvienvēl,vēl arvien ―all the time; uninterruptedly; still (lit. alwaysstill)

3. yet (one,once);again;in addition

   nogrieztvēl kādu šķēlīti ―to cutyet another slice

   Ansis izdarījavēl vienu neprātību ―Ansis didyet another foolishness

   mēģinātvēl ―to trystill (= once more), to tryagain, to go on trying

   ieliet vēl kafiju? ―(should I) pourstill (= some more) coffee?

   paliktvēl kādu brīdi ―to staystill one minute

   cik ilgivēl būs jāgaida? ―how longyet (= how much longer) will we have to wait?

4. still;oncemore;every time

   atkārtotvēl un vēlreiz to pašu ―to repeat the sameagain and again

   viņa atskatās vienreiz, tadvēl un pēc tam neatskatās vairs ―she looked back one time, thenstill (= again), and after that didn't look back anymore

• (of "still", "on"):joprojām,vēl arvien
• (of "again", "still (once)"):atkal,papildus,turklāt,vēlreiz

• jau

• vēl arvien,arvien vēl
• vēlreiz
• vēls

vêl

1. used toemphasize orreinforce themeaning of anexpression;still;yet;really

   to mēsvēl paspēsim ―we willstill (manage to) do it

   tevēl pietiek vietas trim cilvēkiem ―there isstill enough room for three people here

   Ingavēl pēdējā brīdī viņu bija izglābusi ―Ingastill saved (= managed to save) him at the last minute

   tagad vairs nav joki, Ģirtsvēl ņems un tevi izkonkurēs ―now it's not just for fun anymore, Ģirts willreally compete with you

2. (with anadjective oradverb in thecomparative)used tostrengthen thedegree of theadjective oradverb;still,yet,even

   jāstrādāvēl labāk ―we must work betteryet

   censtiesvēl vairāk ―to tryeven more

   šis priekšlikums ir labs, bet tas irvēl labāks ―this proposal is good, but that (one) iseven better

3. (inseveralexpressions)used toreinforce thetotalmeaning of theexpression

   tasvēl nav nekas ―but this is not nothing!

   un kāvēl ―oh yes! no doubt! (lit. and how still!)

• IPA^(key): [ˈvǣːl]

vȩ̃l

1. third-personsingular/pluralpresentindicative ofvēlēt
2. (with the particlelai)third-personsingularimperative ofvēlēt
3. (with the particlelai)third-personpluralimperative ofvēlēt

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