giedoti
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gāˀi-, from Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾eH- (“to sing, cry”). Cognate with Latvian dziedāt (“to sing”), Proto-Slavic *gajati (“to caw, croak”), Sanskrit गायति (gāyati, “sing”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʲiə̯ˈdoːtʲɪ/
Verb
giedóti (third-person present tense gi̇́eda, third-person past tense gi̇́edojo)
- to sing
Declension
| singular vienaskaita | plural daugiskaita | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| aš | tu | jis/ji | mes | jūs | jie/jos | |||
| indicative | present | gi̇́edu | gi̇́edi | gi̇́eda | gi̇́edame, gi̇́edam |
gi̇́edate, gi̇́edat |
gi̇́eda | |
| past | gi̇́edojau | gi̇́edojai | gi̇́edojo | gi̇́edojome, gi̇́edojom |
gi̇́edojote, gi̇́edojot |
gi̇́edojo | ||
| past frequentative | giedódavau | giedódavai | giedódavo | giedódavome, giedódavom |
giedódavote, giedódavot |
giedódavo | ||
| future | giedósiu | giedósi | giedõs | giedósime, giedósim |
giedósite, giedósit |
giedõs | ||
| subjunctive | giedóčiau | giedótum, giedótumei |
giedótų | giedótumėme, giedótumėm, giedótume |
giedótumėte, giedótumėt |
giedótų | ||
| imperative | — | giedók, giedóki |
tegi̇́eda, tegi̇́edie |
giedókime, giedókim |
giedókite, giedókit |
tegi̇́eda, tegi̇́edie | ||
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References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “giedoti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 174