braukt – Latvian verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive	braukt
Negative Infinitive	nebraukt
Verbal Noun	braukšana

Indicative

Imperative

Sg.2	brauc
Sg.3	lai brauc
Pl.1	brauksim
Pl.2	brauciet
Pl.3	lai brauc

Verbs conjugated like braukt

izteikt, pateikt, paliekt, noteikt, šmaukt, liekt, saukt, braukt,

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewk- (“to stroke, to rub”) (whence also brukt, q.v.), from a stem *bʰer- (“to cut, to rub, to split; to hit”) (whence also berzt, q.v.). The meaning evolution was probably: “to scrub, to grate” > “to rub, to wipe” (a meaning still conserved in the erstwhile iterative form braucīt, and sometimes in braukt itself; see below) > “to drag, to slide” > “to make (a vehicle) slide, run” > “to go, to ride (on a vehicle)” (note that the oldest Baltic vehicles moved by sliding, without wheels). Cognates include Lithuanian braũkti (“to stroke, to rub, to pull (leaves, berries etc. stuck in one's hands), to wipe (tears, sweat)”), colloquially also “to ride, to race”, Russian dialectal брукать (brukatʹ) (< Proto-Slavic *brukati) “to throw, to hurl, to kick; to smear”. From a variant stem *bʰrewḱ- also Proto-Slavic *brusiti (Russian dialectal брусить (brusitʹ, “to gather leaves for animals (to eat)”), from “to pluck, to pull”, Bulgarian бру́ся (brúsja, “to hit, to pluck (plants)”), Czech brousit (“to sharpen, to hone, to grind; to run”), Polish brusić (“to sharpen with a whetstone, to grind”)). See: Proto-Slavic '*brusiti', Bulgarian 'бру́ся', Czech 'brousit', Polish 'brusić'.

Translations

drive, to operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle)

ride, to transport oneself by sitting on and directing a horse, bicycle etc.

ride, to be transported in a vehicle as a passenger