girgždėti

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From imitative Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (to cry hoarsely), see also Proto-Slavic *grakъ.

Pronunciation

Verb

girgždė́ti (third-person present tense gìrgžda, third-person past tense girgždė́jo) [1]

  1. (intransitive) to creak, to squeak, to crunch
    durys / sniegas girgžda - a door / snow squeaks
    ratai girgžda[1] - wheels are squeaking

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 “girgždėti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.