From Proto-Finnic *leütädäk, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hleutaną. Alternatively from the same root as lööma.
leidma (da-infinitive leida)
| indicative | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | leian | ei leia | 1st sing. | olen leidnud | ei ole leidnud pole leidnud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | leiad | 2nd sing. | oled leidnud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | leiab | 3rd sing. | on leidnud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | leiame | 1st plur. | oleme leidnud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | leiate | 2nd plur. | olete leidnud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | leiavad | 3rd plur. | on leidnud | ||||||
| passive | leitakse | ei leita | passive | on leitud | ei ole leitud pole leitud | ||||
| past | pluperfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | leidsin | ei leidnud | 1st sing. | olin leidnud | ei olnud leidnud polnud leidnud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | leidsid | 2nd sing. | olid leidnud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | leidis | 3rd sing. | oli leidnud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | leidsime | 1st plur. | olime leidnud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | leidsite | 2nd plur. | olite leidnud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | leidsid | 3rd plur. | oli leidnud | ||||||
| passive | leiti | ei leitud | passive | oli leitud | ei olnud leitud polnud leitud | ||||
| conditional | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | leiaksin | ei leiaks | 1st sing. | leidnuksin oleksin leidnud |
ei leidnuks ei oleks leidnud poleks leidnud | ||||
| 2nd sing. | leiaksid | 2nd sing. | leidnuksid oleksid leidnud | ||||||
| 3rd sing. | leiaks | 3rd sing. | leidnuks oleks leidnud | ||||||
| 1st plur. | leiaksime | 1st plur. | leidnuksime oleksime leidnud | ||||||
| 2nd plur. | leiaksite | 2nd plur. | leidnuksite oleksite leidnud | ||||||
| 3rd plur. | leiaksid | 3rd plur. | leidnuksid oleksid leidnud | ||||||
| passive | leitaks | ei leitaks | passive | oleks leitud | ei oleks leitud poleks leitud | ||||
| imperative | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| person | positive | negative | person | positive | negative | ||||
| 1st sing. | — | — | 1st sing. | — | — | ||||
| 2nd sing. | leia | ära leia | 2nd sing. | ole leidnud | ära ole leidnud | ||||
| 3rd sing. | leidku | ärgu leidku | 3rd sing. | olgu leidnud | ärgu olgu leidnud | ||||
| 1st plur. | leidkem | ärme leiame ärme leia ärgem leidkem |
1st plur. | olgem leidnud | ärme oleme leidnud ärme ole leidnud ärgem olgem leidnud | ||||
| 2nd plur. | leidke | ärge leidke | 2nd plur. | olge leidnud | ärge olge leidnud | ||||
| 3rd plur. | leidku | ärgu leidku | 3rd plur. | olgu leidnud | ärgu olgu leidnud | ||||
| passive | leitagu | ärgu leitagu | passive | olgu leitud | ärgu olgu leitud | ||||
| quotative | |||||||||
| present | perfect | ||||||||
| voice | positive | negative | voice | positive | negative | ||||
| active | leidvat | ei leidvat | active | olevat leidnud | ei olevat leidnud polevat leidnud | ||||
| passive | leitavat | ei leitavat | passive | olevat leitud | ei olevat leitud polevat leitud | ||||
| Nominal forms | |||||||||
| ma-infinitive | active | passive | da-infinitive | present | past | ||||
| nominative | leidma | leitama | nominative | leida | olla leidnud | ||||
| illative | — | inessive | leides | olles leidnud | |||||
| inessive | leidmas | participle | active | passive | |||||
| elative | leidmast | present | leidev | leitav | |||||
| translative | leidmaks | past | leidnud | leitud | |||||
| abessive | leidmata | negative | leidmatu | — | |||||