spīdēt

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Latvian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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

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References[edit]

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