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)

  1. to rinse

Conjugation

Conjugation of skalauti
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 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
Participles of skalauti
adjectival (dalyviai)
active passive
present skalaująs, skalaujantis skalaujamas
past skalavęs skalautas
past frequentative skalaudavęs
future skalausiąs, skalausiantis skalausimas
participle of necessity skalautinas
adverbial
special pusdalyvis skalaudamas
half-participle present skalaujant
past skalavus
past frequentative skalaudavus
future skalausiant
manner of action būdinys skalaute, skalautinai

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “skaláuti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 554-5