Latvian edit

Etymology edit

Underlyingly *bild-ti, an iR-vocalization of the zero-grade *bʰl̥- of Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (to sound; to speak, roar, bark) which gave rise to an (unattested) *bilt which was extended with an additional -d- giving bilst. Of the same origin as balss (voice). Cognate with Lithuanian bilti (to speak) (3rd pres. bilsta), bilsti (to knock, rumble), byla (speech; case, file), Old Prussian billīt, billītwei (to say, speak). Iterative bildēt (to speak) (whence atbildēt (to respond)), causative bildināt (to propose someone).[1] Derksen reconstructs *bʰl̥d- already at a Proto-Indo-European stage, see Lithuanian bildėti.

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Verb edit

bilst (intransitive, 1st conjugation, present bilstu, bilsti, bilst, past bildu)

  1. (transitive) to utter; to say, especially in few words

Conjugation edit

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References edit

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