Nominal Forms
| Infinitive | dzert |
| Negative Infinitive | nedzert |
| Verbal Noun | dzeršana |
Indicative
Present
| Sg.1 | dzeru |
| Sg.2 | dzer |
| Sg.3 | dzer |
| Pl.1 | dzeram |
| Pl.2 | dzerat |
| Pl.3 | dzer |
Past
| Sg.1 | dzēru |
| Sg.2 | dzēri |
| Sg.3 | dzēra |
| Pl.1 | dzērām |
| Pl.2 | dzērāt |
| Pl.3 | dzēra |
Future
| Sg.1 | dzeršu |
| Sg.2 | dzersi |
| Sg.3 | dzers |
| Pl.1 | dzersim |
| Pl.2 | dzersit |
| Pl.3 | dzers |
Imperative
| Sg.2 | dzer |
| Sg.3 | lai dzer |
| Pl.1 | dzersim |
| Pl.2 | dzeriet |
| Pl.3 | lai dzer |
Conditional
| Present | dzertu |
| Past | būtu dzēris |
Renarrative
| Present | dzerot |
| Past | esot dzēris |
| Future | dzeršot |
| Imperative | lai dzerot |
Debitive
| Indicative | būt jādzer |
| Conjunctive 1 | esot jādzer |
| Conjunctive 2 | jādzerot |
Participles
| Present Active 1 | dzerošs |
| Present Active 2 | dzerdams |
| Present Active 3 | dzerot |
| Present Active 4 | dzeram |
| Past Active | dzēris |
| Present Passive | dzerams |
| Past Passive | dzerts |
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *ger-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷer-, *gʷor-, *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”). The meaning “to drink” is attested only in Baltic languages. Cognates include Lithuanian gérti, Sudovian terd (< *gert), Old Prussian girtwei (“to praise”) (< “to drink in praise of”), Proto-Slavic *žьrati < *gьrati (Russian жрать (žratʹ, “to gobble, to devour”), Czech žrati, Polish żreć), Sanskrit गिरति (giráti, “to eat, to gobble”), Ancient Greek βιβρώσκω (bibrṓskō, “to eat”), βορά (borá, “food, meat, bite”) (< *gʷor-), Latin vorāre (“to devour”) (< *gʷor-). See: Old Prussian 'girtwei', Russian '
жрать', Polish '
żreć', Sanskrit '
गिरति', Greek, Ancient '
βιβρώσκω'.
Verbs referencing "dzert"
Lithuanian
gerti, Proto-Slavic
žerti.
Translations