Nominal Forms
| Infinitive | mainīt |
| Negative Infinitive | nemainīt |
| Verbal Noun | mainīšana |
Indicative
Present
| Sg.1 | mainu |
| Sg.2 | maini |
| Sg.3 | maina |
| Pl.1 | mainām |
| Pl.2 | maināt |
| Pl.3 | maina |
Past
| Sg.1 | mainīju |
| Sg.2 | mainīji |
| Sg.3 | mainīja |
| Pl.1 | mainījām |
| Pl.2 | mainījāt |
| Pl.3 | mainīja |
Future
| Sg.1 | mainīšu |
| Sg.2 | mainīsi |
| Sg.3 | mainīs |
| Pl.1 | mainīsim |
| Pl.2 | mainīsit |
| Pl.3 | mainīs |
Imperative
| Sg.2 | maini |
| Sg.3 | lai maina |
| Pl.1 | mainīsim |
| Pl.2 | mainiet |
| Pl.3 | lai maina |
Conditional
| Present | mainītu |
| Past | būtu mainījis |
Renarrative
| Present | mainot |
| Past | esot mainījis |
| Future | mainīšot |
| Imperative | lai mainot |
Debitive
| Indicative | būt jāmaina |
| Conjunctive 1 | esot jāmaina |
| Conjunctive 2 | jāmainot |
Participles
| Present Active 1 | mainošs |
| Present Active 2 | mainīdams |
| Present Active 3 | mainot |
| Present Active 4 | mainām |
| Past Active | mainījis |
| Present Passive | maināms |
| Past Passive | mainīts |
Verbs conjugated like mainīt
skatīt,
izdarīt,
uzvārīt,
apmainīt,
atstāstīt,
skaitīt,
skūpstīt,
izskatīt,
dalīt,
darīt,
lasīt,
manīt,
tīrīt,
mānīt,
mācīt,
lāpīt,
zīdīt,
solīt,
vārīt,
klausīt, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *mainas, from *moy-no-s, from Proto-Indo-European *moy-, *mey-, *mī- (“to change”) (whence also mīt (“to change”)). Cognates include Lithuanian mai̇̃nas (“change”), Old Church Slavonic мѣнити (měniti), Russian менять (menjatʹ), из-мени́ть (iz-menítʹ), Czech měniti, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (maidjan, “to change; to cheat, to deceive”), 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (gamains, “common, collective”) (< “which went through many changes, transactions”), German meiden (“to avoid”), gemein (“ordinary, common”), Sanskrit मयते (máyate), मिनाति (mināti, “to change”), Ancient Greek μοῖνος (moînos, “gratitude, reward”) (< Latin *moitos (“change”) ?), Latin mūnus (“obligation; office; gift”) (< *moenus, “change” ?). See: Old Church Slavonic '
мѣнити', Russian '
менять', German, old spelling '
meiden', Sanskrit '
मयते'.
Translations
swap, exchange or give (something) in exchange for
change, to make something into something different