gerti

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gerˀtei (“devour, lap up”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”);^[1] compare Latvian dzer̂t (“drink”), Proto-Slavic *žèrti (“to devour, glut”) (Old Church Slavonic пожрѣти, пожьрѫ (požrěti, požĭrǫ, “swallow, devour”), Polish żreć (“eat greedily”), Russian demotic нажраться (nažratʹsja, “to eat a lot; get drunk”)), Sanskrit गिरति (giráti, “devour”), Ancient Greek βιβρώσκω (bibrṓskō, “eat up”), Latin vorō (“devour, swallow”).

The present tense stem of the Slavic words < *gir- comes from the zero-grade of the root; compare girti (“get drunk”), girtas (“drunk”). See also gurklỹs (“craw, throat”) and gerklė (“throat”).

• IPA^(key):

gérti (third-person present tense gẽria, third-person past tense gė́rė)

1. drink (consume liquid to quench thirst)

   Jìs nóri gérti alaũs ― He wants to drink some beer

2. drink (of alcoholic beverages), booze

   Synonym: girtauti

3. soak up, absorb

   Synonyms: traukti, siurbti, skverbtis, sunktis

   Kempìnė gẽria vándenį ― The sponge soaks up water

• garnys
• geršė
• girti, girtas
• girdyti
• gurklys