köken: From Middle High German *īver (“jealousy”). The simplex is first attested in 1494 as yfer, but in 1349 the derivative eifrær (in a southern text that already reflects diphthongisation, thus equivalent to a classical *īverære). An Upper German dialect word, which was chosen by Luther to express the idea of Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos). From the German then Dutch ijver, Middle Low German īver, and…
aile: im Eifer des Gefechts, Glaubenseifer, Übereifer, Wetteifer
success, prosperity, progress, advancement · industry, industriousness, hard work, diligence · The money or other rewards that come from industry or hard work.
industriousness, diligence, dedication, zeal (quality of one who is industrious, hard-working, diligent)
çekim: tamlayan centības
köken: From censt(ies) (“to try”) + -ība. The standard present 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).
simpātiska ir jūsu centība, neatlaidīga griba papildināt savu izgītību