Infinitive
gladi
Forms
Tenses
| Present | gladas |
| Past | gladis |
| Future | glados |
| Conditional | gladus |
| Imperative | gladu! |
Participles
| Active past | gladinta |
| Active present | gladanta |
| Active future | gladonta |
| Passive past | gladita |
| Passive present | gladta |
| Passive future | gladota |
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *gʰleh₂dʰ-der.
3. Proto-Balto-Slavic *glā́ˀdus
4. Proto-Slavic *gladъ
5. Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
6. Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti
7. Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei
8. Proto-Slavic *-iti
9. Proto-Slavic *glàditi
10. Russian гладить (gladitʹ)bor.
11. Esperanto gladi
12. Borrowed from Russian гладить (gladitʹ). Compare Ukrainian гладити (hladyty, “to smooth”), Bulgarian гладя (gladja, “to smooth or even out”), Serbo-Croatian gladiti (“to stroke or pet”), Polish gładzić (“to smooth or caress”). See: Ukrainian '
гладити', Bulgarian '
гладя', Serbo-Croatian '
gladiti', Polish '
gładzić'.
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