dziedāt – Latvian verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive	dziedāt
Negative Infinitive	nedziedāt
Verbal Noun	dziedāšana

Indicative

Imperative

Sg.2	dziedi
Sg.3	lai dzied
Pl.1	dziedāsim
Pl.2	dziediet
Pl.3	lai dzied

Verbs conjugated like dziedāt

dziedāt, purināt,

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