Nominal Forms
| Infinitive | lasīt |
| Negative Infinitive | nelasīt |
| Verbal Noun | lasīšana |
Indicative
Present
| Sg.1 | lasu |
| Sg.2 | lasi |
| Sg.3 | lasa |
| Pl.1 | lasām |
| Pl.2 | lasāt |
| Pl.3 | lasa |
Past
| Sg.1 | lasīju |
| Sg.2 | lasīji |
| Sg.3 | lasīja |
| Pl.1 | lasījām |
| Pl.2 | lasījāt |
| Pl.3 | lasīja |
Future
| Sg.1 | lasīšu |
| Sg.2 | lasīsi |
| Sg.3 | lasīs |
| Pl.1 | lasīsim |
| Pl.2 | lasīsit |
| Pl.3 | lasīs |
Imperative
| Sg.2 | lasi |
| Sg.3 | lai lasa |
| Pl.1 | lasīsim |
| Pl.2 | lasiet |
| Pl.3 | lai lasa |
Conditional
| Present | lasītu |
| Past | būtu lasījis |
Renarrative
| Present | lasot |
| Past | esot lasījis |
| Future | lasīšot |
| Imperative | lai lasot |
Debitive
| Indicative | būt jālasa |
| Conjunctive 1 | esot jālasa |
| Conjunctive 2 | jālasot |
Participles
| Present Active 1 | lasošs |
| Present Active 2 | lasīdams |
| Present Active 3 | lasot |
| Present Active 4 | lasām |
| Past Active | lasījis |
| Present Passive | lasāms |
| Past Passive | lasīts |
Verbs conjugated like lasīt
skatīt,
izdarīt,
uzvārīt,
apmainīt,
atstāstīt,
skaitīt,
skūpstīt,
izskatīt,
dalīt,
darīt,
lasīt,
manīt,
tīrīt,
mānīt,
mācīt,
lāpīt,
zīdīt,
solīt,
vārīt,
klausīt, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Etymology
Originally the iterative form (with ablaut) of an earlier verb lest, used with respect to birds (“to pick with one's beak”; cf. Lithuanian lèsti, and the related lēst “to calculate”), from Proto-Baltic *les-tei, *lest-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *les- (“to pick, to gather”), perhaps derived from the stem *el- (“to bend”), via a meaning such as “to pick (something) while bending down.” The later meaning “to read” came by analogy to German lesen, which has both meanings, itself also influenced by Latin legō (“to read; to collect, to gather”). A simultaneous change in case marking also occurred: from lasīt grāmatā burtus “to pick/read letters in a book” (like lasīt mežā ogas “to pick berries in the forest”) to lasīt grāmatā “to read in a book” and finally lasīt grāmatu “to read a book,” with the accusative form grāmatu of grāmata “book.” Cognates include Lithuanian lasýti (“to pick berries, mushrooms”), Gothic 𐌻𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (lisan), Old High German lësan (“to pick up, to gather”), German lesen (“to pick (grapes); to read”), Hittite [Term?] (/lis-/), [Term?] (/les-/, “to pick (from somewhere)”). See: German, old spelling '
lesen', Latin '
legō', Old High German 'lësan', German, old spelling '
lesen'.
Translations
read, look at and interpret letters or other information
read, speak aloud words or other information that is written
read, have the ability to read text or other information