skalauti
Lithuanian
Alternative forms
- skalatauti (dialectal)
Etymology
A denominal verb from an unattested *skala or *skalas (compare i̇̀šskalos (“water with which a vessel is rinsed”)), from the same word family as skélti (“to split, cleave”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut, to cleave”).[1] Cognate with Latvian skalinat (“to rinse”); see skal̃bti (“to wash”) for further discussion.
Pronunciation
Verb
skaláuti (third-person present tense skaláuja, third-person past tense skalãvo)
- to rinse
Conjugation
| 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 | skalauju | skalauji | skalauja | skalaujame, skalaujam |
skalaujate, skalaujat |
skalauja | |
| past | skalavau | skalavai | skalavo | skalavome, skalavom |
skalavote, skalavot |
skalavo | ||
| past frequentative | skalaudavau | skalaudavai | skalaudavo | skalaudavome, skalaudavom |
skalaudavote, skalaudavot |
skalaudavo | ||
| future | skalausiu | skalausi | skalaus | skalausime, skalausim |
skalausite, skalausit |
skalaus | ||
| subjunctive | skalaučiau | skalautum, skalautumei |
skalautų | skalautumėme, skalautumėm, skalautume |
skalautumėte, skalautumėt |
skalautų | ||
| imperative | — | skalauk, skalauki |
teskalauja, teskalaujie |
skalaukime, skalaukim |
skalaukite, skalaukit |
teskalauja, teskalaujie | ||
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Related terms
- skalatuotis
- skal̃bti
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “skaláuti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 554-5