dabūdams

Latvian

Participle

dabūdams (fem. dabūdama, masc. pl. dabūdami, fem. pl. dabūdamas)

  1. getting, obtaining, receiving; adverbial present active participle of dabūt (variable form)
    Ģimnāzijas kursu Krišjānis Barons beidza 1856. gadā, dabūdams XIV klases rangu ― Krišjānis Barons finished the gymnasium in 1856, obtaining the XIV class rank
    Ko sacītu citas cīrulnieces, dabūdamas zināt, ka viena sieva bijusi krogū, tur ēdusi vai dzērusi! ― what would the others in Cīruļi say, getting to know that one woman had been to the bar and had eaten and drunk there!
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