bilst

== Latvian == === Etymology === 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”). Derksen reconstructs *bʰl̥d- already at a Proto-Indo-European stage, see Lithuanian bildėti. === Pronunciation === === Verb === bilst (intransitive, 1st conjugation, present bilstu, bilsti, bilst, past bildu) (transitive) to utter; to say, especially in few words ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bilst/, [biɫst] === Verb === bilst second-person singular present indicative of bellan