Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to lait
Participle: laited
Gerund: laiting
Indicative
Present
| I | lait |
| you | lait |
| he;she;it | laits |
| we | lait |
| you | lait |
| they | lait |
Perfect
| I | have laited |
| you | have laited |
| he;she;it | has laited |
| we | have laited |
| you | have laited |
| they | have laited |
Past
| I | laited |
| you | laited |
| he;she;it | laited |
| we | laited |
| you | laited |
| they | laited |
Pluperfect
| I | had laited |
| you | had laited |
| he;she;it | had laited |
| we | had laited |
| you | had laited |
| they | had laited |
Future
| I | will lait |
| you | will lait |
| he;she;it | will lait |
| we | will lait |
| you | will lait |
| they | will lait |
Future Perfect
| I | will have laited |
| you | will have laited |
| he;she;it | will have laited |
| we | will have laited |
| you | will have laited |
| they | will have laited |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | lait |
| you | lait |
| he;she;it | lait |
| we | lait |
| you | lait |
| they | lait |
Perfect
| I | have laited |
| you | have laited |
| he;she;it | have laited |
| we | have laited |
| you | have laited |
| they | have laited |
Imperfect
| I | laited |
| you | laited |
| he;she;it | laited |
| we | laited |
| you | laited |
| they | laited |
Pluperfect
| I | had laited |
| you | had laited |
| he;she;it | had laited |
| we | had laited |
| you | had laited |
| they | had laited |
Conditional
Present
| I | would lait |
| you | would lait |
| he;she;it | would lait |
| we | would lait |
| you | would lait |
| they | would lait |
Perfect
| I | would have laited |
| you | would have laited |
| he;she;it | would have laited |
| we | would have laited |
| you | would have laited |
| they | would have laited |
Imperative
| you | lait |
| we | Let's lait |
| you | lait |
Verbs conjugated like 'lait'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'lait'
bait,
gait,
laik,
lain,
lair,
lant,
last,
lat,
lit,
nait,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English laiten, leiten, from Old Norse leita (“to seek, search, inquire”), from Proto-Germanic *wlaitōną (“to look out, see”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk leita (“to search”), Icelandic leita (“to search”), Swedish leta (“to search, hunt, forage”), Old English wlātian (“to gaze, observe, look upon, behold”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*wlaitōną', Norwegian, nynorsk '
leita', Icelandic '
leita', Swedish '
leta'.
Verbs referencing "lait"
Norwegian, nynorsk
leita.
Sample Sentences
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By neeght, o' my bed, I laited him, at my sowl luvs : I laited him, but I dudn't find um. [1862, Song of Solomon, in Twenty-four English Dialects, page 282 (Westmorland dialect)]
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The other day I heard a girl hailing from the moorlands of Yorkshire remark that she had "laited a long time for the children, but could not find them," evidently meaning she had sought for them. Is this word common to Yorkshire? [1877, John Frances, quoting a girl from the moorlands of Yorkshire, Notes and queries, page 10]