spīdēt

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *spīd-, probably borrowed from Iranian.[1]

Verb

spīdēt (transitive, 3rd conjugation, present spīdu, spīdi, spīd, past spīdēju)

  1. to shine
  2. to beam
  3. to glitter
  4. to gleam
  5. to glisten
  6. to be likely
  7. to have prospects
  8. to be in the cards

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • atspīdēt
  • apspīdēt
  • iespīdēt
  • nospīdēt
  • paspīdēt
  • uzspīdēt

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “spīdēt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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