groti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Belarusian граць (hracʹ). Cognate with Polish grać, Russian игра́ть (igrátʹ), dialectal грать (gratʹ, “to play”), from Proto-Slavic *jьgrati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡr̺ôːt̪ʲɪ]

Verb

gróti (third-person present tense grója, third-person past tense grójo)

  1. (transitive) to play music (on a musical instrument) [with accusative and instrumental]
    Synonym: griežti
    Gitarà gãlima gróti nè ti̇̀k akòrdus.
    You can play more than just chords on the guitar.
    • 2024, Silvester Belt, “Luktelk”:
      Stovime tyloje grojančio radijo
      We stand in the silence of the playing radio
  2. (intransitive) to play, to be on, to sound (about music)

Conjugation

Conjugation of groti
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
tiesioginė
nuosaka
 present
esamasis laikas
 gróju gróji grója grójame,
grójam 		grójate,
grójat 		grója
past
būtasis kartinis
laikas
 grójau grójai grójo grójome,
grójom 		grójote,
grójot 		grójo
past frequentative
būtasis dažninis
laikas
 gródavau gródavai gródavo gródavome,
gródavom 		gródavote,
gródavot 		gródavo
future
būsimasis laikas
 grósiu grósi grós grósime,
grósim 		grósite,
grósit 		grós
subjunctive
tariamoji nuosaka
 gróčiau grótum,
grótumei 		grótų grótumėme,
grótumėm,
grótume 		grótumėte,
grótumėt 		grótų
imperative
liepiamoji nuosaka
 — grók,
gróki 		tegrója,
tegrójie 		grókime,
grókim 		grókite,
grókit 		tegrója,
tegrójie
Participles of groti
adjectival (dalyviai)
active passive
present grójąs, grójantis grójamas
past grójęs grótas
past frequentative gródavęs —
future grósiąs, grósiantis grósimas
participle of necessity — grótinas
adverbial
special pusdalyvis gródamas
half-participle
padalyviai
 present grójant
past grójus
past frequentative gródavus
future grósiant
manner of action būdinys gróte, grótinai

Derived terms

(Nouns)

  • grojimas m
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