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