censonis

== Latvian == === Etymology === From censt(ies) (“to try”) +‎ -onis. The standard stem for this verb has š (es cenšos, “I try”), but dialectally also t (es centos), which explains why there are derived forms with t, like centīgs, centība (“zeal”), and with s, like censonis (“striver, fighter, assiduous person”) or sacensība (“competition”) (and also, colloquially, censīgs, censība). === Noun === censonis m (2nd declension, female equivalent censone) striver, fighter, assiduous person (someone who, while overcoming difficulties, tries to achieve a goal; someone who dedicates himself, all his strength, to a goal) dzīves sūrums agrāk apraka jauno censoņu sapņus ― life's bitterness soon buried the young fighters' dreams viņš domā par censoņiem, viņu sapņiem, viņu cīniņiem ― he thought about the strivers, their dreams, their struggles ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== censties centība centīgs, (colloquial) censīgs sacensība === References ===