Nominal Forms
| Infinitive | pļaut |
| Negative Infinitive | nepļaut |
| Verbal Noun | pļaušana |
Indicative
Present
| Sg.1 | pļauju |
| Sg.2 | pļauj |
| Sg.3 | pļauj |
| Pl.1 | pļaujam |
| Pl.2 | pļaujat |
| Pl.3 | pļauj |
Past
| Sg.1 | pļāvu |
| Sg.2 | pļāvi |
| Sg.3 | pļāva |
| Pl.1 | pļāvām |
| Pl.2 | pļāvāt |
| Pl.3 | pļāva |
Future
| Sg.1 | pļaušu |
| Sg.2 | pļausi |
| Sg.3 | pļaus |
| Pl.1 | pļausim |
| Pl.2 | pļausit |
| Pl.3 | pļaus |
Imperative
| Sg.2 | pļauj |
| Sg.3 | lai pļauj |
| Pl.1 | pļausim |
| Pl.2 | pļaujiet |
| Pl.3 | lai pļauj |
Conditional
| Present | pļautu |
| Past | būtu pļāvis |
Renarrative
| Present | pļaujot |
| Past | esot pļāvis |
| Future | pļaušot |
| Imperative | lai pļaujot |
Debitive
| Indicative | būt jāpļauj |
| Conjunctive 1 | esot jāpļauj |
| Conjunctive 2 | jāpļaujot |
Participles
| Present Active 1 | pļaujošs |
| Present Active 2 | pļaudams |
| Present Active 3 | pļaujot |
| Present Active 4 | pļaujam |
| Past Active | pļāvis |
| Present Passive | pļaujams |
| Past Passive | pļauts |
Etymology
From earlier *pjaut (for another example of *pj > pļ, see spļaũt, from Proto-Baltic *pyau-, *pyū- (with the infinitive suffix -ti), from Proto-Indo-European *pēu-, *pyu-, *pū- (“to hit; to cut”). Cognates include Lithuanian pjáuti (“to cut,” dialectally “to mow, to bite, to torment”), Old Prussian placename Gertepeawne [gertopiaun-], from gerto (“chicken”), i.e. “chicken meadow”, piuclan (“sickle”), Sudovian piaud (“to cut”), Ancient Greek παίω (paíō, “to hit, strike”), dialectal παυίω (pauíō), Latin paviō (“to hit, strike”). See: Latin '
paviō'.
Translations
mow, to cut down
scythe, to cut with a scythe