Nominal Forms
| Infinitive | art |
| Negative Infinitive | neart |
| Verbal Noun | aršana |
Indicative
Present
| Sg.1 | aru |
| Sg.2 | ar |
| Sg.3 | ar |
| Pl.1 | aram |
| Pl.2 | arat |
| Pl.3 | ar |
Past
| Sg.1 | aru |
| Sg.2 | ari |
| Sg.3 | ara |
| Pl.1 | arām |
| Pl.2 | arāt |
| Pl.3 | ara |
Future
| Sg.1 | aršu |
| Sg.2 | arsi |
| Sg.3 | ars |
| Pl.1 | arsim |
| Pl.2 | arsit |
| Pl.3 | ars |
Imperative
| Sg.2 | ar |
| Sg.3 | lai ar |
| Pl.1 | arsim |
| Pl.2 | ariet |
| Pl.3 | lai ar |
Conditional
| Present | artu |
| Past | būtu aris |
Renarrative
| Present | arot |
| Past | esot aris |
| Future | aršot |
| Imperative | lai arot |
Debitive
| Indicative | būt jāar |
| Conjunctive 1 | esot jāar |
| Conjunctive 2 | jāarot |
Participles
| Present Active 1 | arošs |
| Present Active 2 | ardams |
| Present Active 3 | arot |
| Present Active 4 | aram |
| Past Active | aris |
| Present Passive | arams |
| Past Passive | arts |
Verbs conjugated like art
sacept,
pārart,
piecept,
pārcept,
atart,
apart,
ieart,
izart,
noart,
uzart,
paart,
art,
saart,
skart,
aizart,
atcept,
apcept,
iecept,
izcept,
nocept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Etymology
1. From Proto-Balto-Slavic *árˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erh₃- (“to plow”), from *h₁er- (“sparse; to crumble, to fall to pieces”), whence also the verb irt; see there for more.
2. Cognates include Lithuanian árti, Old Prussian artoys (“plowman”) (compare Lithuanian artójas), Old Church Slavonic орати (orati), Russian dialectal or dated ора́ть (orátʹ), Belarusian ара́ць (arácʹ), Ukrainian ора́ти (oráty), Bulgarian ора́ (orá), Czech orati, Polish orać, Gothic 𐌰𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (arjan), Old Norse erja, Hittite [Term?] (/ẖarra-/, “to crush; (passive form) to disappear”), [Term?] (/ẖarš-/, “to tear open; to plow”), Ancient Greek ἀρόω (aróō), Latin arō. See: Lithuanian '
arti', Old Church Slavonic '
орати', Belarusan '
ара́ць', Ukrainian '
ора́ти', Bulgarian '
ора', Polish '
orać', Latin '
aro'.
Verbs referencing "art"
Lithuanian
arti.
Translations
plough, to use a plough on to prepare for planting
till, to work or cultivate