Nominal Forms
| Infinitive | dziedāt |
| Negative Infinitive | nedziedāt |
| Verbal Noun | dziedāšana |
Indicative
Present
| Sg.1 | dziedu |
| Sg.2 | dziedi |
| Sg.3 | dzied |
| Pl.1 | dziedam |
| Pl.2 | dziedat |
| Pl.3 | dzied |
Past
| Sg.1 | dziedāju |
| Sg.2 | dziedāji |
| Sg.3 | dziedāja |
| Pl.1 | dziedājām |
| Pl.2 | dziedājāt |
| Pl.3 | dziedāja |
Future
| Sg.1 | dziedāšu |
| Sg.2 | dziedāsi |
| Sg.3 | dziedās |
| Pl.1 | dziedāsim |
| Pl.2 | dziedāsit |
| Pl.3 | dziedās |
Imperative
| Sg.2 | dziedi |
| Sg.3 | lai dzied |
| Pl.1 | dziedāsim |
| Pl.2 | dziediet |
| Pl.3 | lai dzied |
Conditional
| Present | dziedātu |
| Past | būtu dziedājis |
Renarrative
| Present | dziedot |
| Past | esot dziedājis |
| Future | dziedāšot |
| Imperative | lai dziedot |
Debitive
| Indicative | būt jādzied |
| Conjunctive 1 | esot jādzied |
| Conjunctive 2 | jādziedot |
Participles
| Present Active 1 | dziedošs |
| Present Active 2 | dziedādams |
| Present Active 3 | dziedot |
| Present Active 4 | dziedam |
| Past Active | dziedājis |
| Present Passive | dziedams |
| Past Passive | dziedāts |
Etymology
1. From Proto-Baltic *geyd-, from Proto-Indo-European *gēy-, *goy-, *gī- (“to sing, to call, to shout”) with an extra -d. Originally, dziedāt was an iterative-intensive form of an earlier verb, either *gīst (< *gī-d-ti; cf, Lithuanian pra-gýsti), or *giet (< *gie- < *gēy-, from which also dziesma (“song”)).
2. Cognates include Lithuanian giedóti (“to sing”), pragýsti (“to begin to sing”), gáida, gaidà (“melody; singer”), Proto-Slavic *gajati (Old East Slavic гаяти (gajati, “to croak, to caw”), Russian dialectal га́ять (gájatʹ, “to yawn; to speak, to shout, to make noise; to swear, to yell at someone; to drive animals by shouting”)), Sanskrit गायति (gāyati), गाति (gā́jati, gā́ti, “to sing”), गीत (gī́ta, “having sung”), Tocharian A kāk (“he called”), Tocharian B kāka (“he called”). See: Lithuanian '
pragysti', Proto-Slavic '
*gajati', Old East Slavic '
гаяти', Sanskrit '
गायति'.
Verbs referencing "dziedāt"
Proto-Finnic
kiittädäk.
Translations
sing, to produce harmonious sounds with one’s voice