īsināt

From īss (“short”) +‎ -ināt.

īsināt

1. second-person plural present indicative of īsināt

īsināt (transitive, 3rd conjugation, present īsinu, īsini, īsina, past īsināju)

1. (of long objects) to shorten, to make short, shorter

   īsināt svārkus, piedurknes, aizkarus ― to shorten a skirt, sleeves, curtains

2. (of texts) to shorten, to abridge

   īsināt rakstu ― to shorten the article

   filmu uzņemot, nācās īsināt scenāriju ― (while) shooting the film, it became necessary to abridge the script

   esam saņēmuši klasiska darba īsinātu variantu ― we have received the abridged version of a classic work

3. (of events, periods of time) to make less boring, to make time pass faster

   vīri, laiku īsinādami, smēķēja ― the men, (in order to) kill (lit. shorten) time, were smoking

   lai īsinātu ceļu un uzmundrinātu ceļa biedri, viņš sāka stāstīt anekdotiskus gadījumus ― to shorten the road (= to make time pass faster during the trip) and to cheer up his travel mates, he began to tell jokes

• paīsināt
• saīsināt