gaidīt
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gaid-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeydʰ-, see also Lithuanian geĩsti (“desire”), Old Prussian gēide (“they are waiting”), German Geiz (“stinginess”).
Verb edit
gaidīt (?? missing information, 3rd conjugation, present gaidu, gaidi, gaida, past gaidīju)
- to wait
- to await
- to expect
- to anticipate
- to foresee
- to look forward to
Conjugation edit
conjugation of gaidīt
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 565
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “ждать”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress