Nominal Forms
| Infinitive | spļaut |
| Negative Infinitive | nespļaut |
| Verbal Noun | spļaušana |
Indicative
Present
| Sg.1 | spļauju |
| Sg.2 | spļauj |
| Sg.3 | spļauj |
| Pl.1 | spļaujam |
| Pl.2 | spļaujat |
| Pl.3 | spļauj |
Past
| Sg.1 | spļāvu |
| Sg.2 | spļāvi |
| Sg.3 | spļāva |
| Pl.1 | spļāvām |
| Pl.2 | spļāvāt |
| Pl.3 | spļāva |
Future
| Sg.1 | spļaušu |
| Sg.2 | spļausi |
| Sg.3 | spļaus |
| Pl.1 | spļausim |
| Pl.2 | spļausit |
| Pl.3 | spļaus |
Imperative
| Sg.2 | spļauj |
| Sg.3 | lai spļauj |
| Pl.1 | spļausim |
| Pl.2 | spļaujiet |
| Pl.3 | lai spļauj |
Conditional
| Present | spļautu |
| Past | būtu spļāvis |
Renarrative
| Present | spļaujot |
| Past | esot spļāvis |
| Future | spļaušot |
| Imperative | lai spļaujot |
Debitive
| Indicative | būt jāspļauj |
| Conjunctive 1 | esot jāspļauj |
| Conjunctive 2 | jāspļaujot |
Participles
| Present Active 1 | spļaujošs |
| Present Active 2 | spļaudams |
| Present Active 3 | spļaujot |
| Present Active 4 | spļaujam |
| Past Active | spļāvis |
| Present Passive | spļaujams |
| Past Passive | spļauts |
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *(s)pjāˀutei (for another example of a *pj > pļ change, see pļaũt), from Proto-Indo-European *p(ʰ)yēw-, *sp(ʰ)yēw- (“to spit”). Cognates include Lithuanian spjáuti, Proto-Slavic *pľuti (Russian плева́ть (plevátʹ), 1st. pers. pres. плюю́ (pljujú), Belarusian плюва́ць (pljuvácʹ), Ukrainian плюва́ти (pljuváty), Bulgarian плю́я (pljúja, “to spit”), Czech plíti, plvati, Polish pluć, plwać, spluwać), Gothic 𐍃𐍀𐌴𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽 (speiwan), Old High German spīwan, German speien, Sanskrit ष्ठीवति (ṣṭhīvati), Ancient Greek πτύω (ptúō), Latin spuō. See: Russian '
плева́ть', Belarusan '
плюва́ць', Ukrainian '
плюва́ти', Bulgarian '
плю́я', Polish '
pluć', Old High German 'spīwan', German, old spelling '
speien', Sanskrit '
ष्ठीवति', Greek, Ancient '
πτύω', Latin '
spuō'.
Translations
spit, to evacuate (saliva or another substance) from the mouth, etc.