pjauti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *p(y)eh₂w- (to strike, hit) (traditionally reconstructed as *paw-); cognate with Latvian pļaut (to mow, reap), Latin paviō (to beat, strike), Ancient Greek πταίω (ptaíō, to nudge, crash into), Tocharian B pyakar (they struck down), Old English fȳran (to castrate).[1] See also perhaps Latin paveo (I am struck with fear).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpʲjɑutʲɪ]

Verb

pjáuti (third-person present tense pjáuna, third-person past tense pjóvė)

  1. to reap; to cut
  2. (intransitive) to reap

Conjugation

Conjugation of pjauti
singular vienaskaita plural daugiskaita
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
tu jis/ji mes jūs jie/jos
indicative present pjáunu pjáuni pjáuna pjáuname,
pjáunam
pjáunate,
pjáunat
pjáuna
past pjóviau pjóvei pjóvė pjóvėme,
pjóvėm
pjóvėte,
pjóvėt
pjóvė
past frequentative pjáudavau pjáudavai pjáudavo pjáudavome,
pjáudavom
pjáudavote,
pjáudavot
pjáudavo
future pjáusiu pjáusi pjáus pjáusime,
pjáusim
pjáusite,
pjáusit
pjáus
subjunctive pjáučiau pjáutum pjáutų pjáutumėme,
pjáutumėm,
pjáutume
pjáutumėte,
pjáutumėt
pjáutų
imperative pjáuk,
pjáuki
tepjáuna pjáukime,
pjáukim
pjáukite,
pjáukit
tepjáuna
Participles of pjauti
adjectival (dalyviai)
active passive
present pjáunąs, pjáunantis pjáunamas
past pjóvęs pjáutas
past frequentative pjáudavęs
future pjáusiąs, pjáusiantis pjáusimas
participle of necessity pjáutinas
adverbial
special pusdalyvis pjáudamas
half-participle present pjáunant
past pjóvus
past frequentative pjáudavus
future pjáusiant
manner of action būdinys pjáute, pjáutinai

Derived terms

Prefixed verbs
  • apipjauti
  • nupjauti
  • papjauti
  • perpjauti
  • prapjauti
  • supjauti
  • susipjauti
  • pjovimas
Prefixed nominal derivatives
  • apipjovimas
  • nupjovimas
  • papjovimas
  • perpjovimas
  • prapjovimas
  • supjovimas
  • susipjovimas

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “pjauti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 360
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “827”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 827