Nominal Forms
| Infinitive | lidot |
| Negative Infinitive | nelidot |
| Verbal Noun | lidošana |
Indicative
Present
| Sg.1 | lidoju |
| Sg.2 | lido |
| Sg.3 | lido |
| Pl.1 | lidojam |
| Pl.2 | lidojat |
| Pl.3 | lido |
Past
| Sg.1 | lidoju |
| Sg.2 | lidoji |
| Sg.3 | lidoja |
| Pl.1 | lidojām |
| Pl.2 | lidojāt |
| Pl.3 | lidoja |
Future
| Sg.1 | lidošu |
| Sg.2 | lidosi |
| Sg.3 | lidos |
| Pl.1 | lidosim |
| Pl.2 | lidosit |
| Pl.3 | lidos |
Imperative
| Sg.2 | lido |
| Sg.3 | lai lido |
| Pl.1 | lidosim |
| Pl.2 | lidojiet |
| Pl.3 | lai lido |
Conditional
| Present | lidotu |
| Past | būtu lidojis |
Renarrative
| Present | lidojot |
| Past | esot lidojis |
| Future | lidošot |
| Imperative | lai lidojot |
Debitive
| Indicative | būt jālido |
| Conjunctive 1 | esot jālido |
| Conjunctive 2 | jālidojot |
Participles
| Present Active 1 | lidojošs |
| Present Active 2 | lidodams |
| Present Active 3 | lidojot |
| Present Active 4 | lidojam |
| Past Active | lidojis |
| Present Passive | lidojams |
| Past Passive | lidots |
Verbs conjugated like lidot
skābēt,
ķemmēt,
šķērsot,
ziepēt,
zaudēt,
akcentēt,
diskutēt,
neitralizēt,
apbrīnot,
gatavot,
realizēt,
nozīmēt,
reģistrēt,
dzemdēt,
centrēt,
iztulkot,
demokratizēt,
slepkavot,
pārtulkot,
producēt, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Etymology
Originally the iterative form of *list, from Proto-Baltic *lid-ti, from the same stem as laist (“to let, to allow”): Proto-Indo-European *leyd-, *līd-, *lid- (“to let go, to allow”). The synonyms lidot and laisties are therefore reflexes of the same original stem. The original meaning was probably “to let go,” from which “to fly.” In Indo-European languages, it is common that the notion “to fly” be expressed by a verb also meaning, or having previously meant, some other kind of motion: cf. Lithuanian lė̃kti (“to fly; to run”), Latin volāre (“to fly; to rush”), Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”). Cognates include Lithuanian lydúoti (“to wait, to postpone; to settle, to let (time) go; to give permission; to be tolerant; to decrease, to weaken (of frost)”), Old Church Slavonic летѣти (letěti, “to fly”), Russian лететь (letetʹ), летать (letatʹ). See: Greek, Ancient '
βάλλω', Old Church Slavonic '
летѣти', Russian '
лететь'.
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