pīt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pit"

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pínˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-.

Cognate with Lithuanian pìnti, Polish piąć się (“to climb”) and Ancient Greek πένομαι (pénomai, “to toil”) (which apparently got generalized from some domestic work; compare Ancient Greek πήνη (pḗnē, “thread on the bobbin”) > Latin pānus), Proto-Germanic *spinnaną (“to spin”), possibly Old East Slavic понѧва (ponęva) / Russian поня́ва (ponjáva, “blanket”), Old Church Slavonic поукъ (pukŭ) > Russian пук (puk, “bunch, tuft”).

Verb

pīt (transitive, 1st conjugation, present pinu, pin, pin, past pinu)

1. to braid
2. to plait
3. to weave
4. to wattle
5. to wreathe

Conjugation

conjugation of pīt

	INDICATIVE (īstenības izteiksme)				IMPERATIVE (pavēles izteiksme)
		Present (tagadne)	Past (pagātne)	Future (nākotne)
1st pers. sg.	es	pinu	pinu	pīšu	—
2nd pers. sg.	tu	pin	pini	pīsi	pin
3rd pers. sg.	viņš, viņa	pin	pina	pīs	lai pin
1st pers. pl.	mēs	pinam	pinām	pīsim	pīsim
2nd pers. pl.	jūs	pinat	pināt	pīsiet, pīsit	piniet
3rd pers. pl.	viņi, viņas	pin	pina	pīs	lai pin
RENARRATIVE (atstāstījuma izteiksme)			PARTICIPLES (divdabji)
Present	pinot		Present Active 1 (Adj.)		pinošs
Past	esot pinis		Present Active 2 (Adv.)		pīdams
Future	pīšot		Present Active 3 (Adv.)		pinot
Imperative	lai pinot		Present Active 4 (Obj.)		pinam
CONDITIONAL (vēlējuma izteiksme)			Past Active		pinis
Present	pītu		Present Passive		pinams
Past	būtu pinis		Past Passive		pīts
DEBITIVE (vajadzības izteiksme)			NOMINAL FORMS
Indicative	(būt) jāpin		Infinitive (nenoteiksme)		pīt
Conjunctive 1	esot jāpin		Negative Infinitive		nepīt
Conjunctive 2	jāpinot		Verbal noun		pīšana

References

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 399