Probably from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mat(r)ītei, from Proto-Indo-European *met- (“to cut, measure”), with semantic shift "to measure" > "to notice" > "to watch". Cognate with Proto-Slavic *motrìti (“to look at, watch”), *mětiti (“to mark, notice”).
matýti (third-person present tense mãto, third-person past tense mãtė)
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person (pirmasis asmuo) |
2nd person (antrasis asmuo) |
3rd person (trečiasis asmuo) |
1st person (pirmasis asmuo) |
2nd person (antrasis asmuo) |
3rd person (trečiasis asmuo) | |||
| aš | tu | jis/ji | mes | jūs | jie/jos | |||
| indicative (tiesioginė nuosaka) |
present (esamasis laikas) |
mataũ | mataĩ | mãto | mãtome, mãtom |
mãtote, mãtot |
mãto | |
| past (būtasis kartinis laikas) |
mačiaũ | mateĩ | mãtė | mãtėme, mãtėm |
mãtėte, mãtėt |
mãtė | ||
| past frequentative (būtasis dažninis laikas) |
matýdavau | matýdavai | matýdavo | matýdavome, matýdavom |
matýdavote, matýdavot |
matýdavo | ||
| future (būsimasis laikas) |
matýsiu | matýsi | matýs | matýsime, matýsim |
matýsite, matýsit |
matýs | ||
| subjunctive (tariamoji nuosaka) |
matýčiau | matýtum, matýtumei |
matýtų | matýtumėme, matýtumėm, matýtume |
matýtumėte, matýtumėt |
matýtų | ||
| imperative (liepiamoji nuosaka) |
— | matýk, matýki |
temãto, temãtai |
matýkime, matýkim |
matýkite, matýkit |
temãto, temãtai | ||
| Adjectival (dalyviai) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| active | passive | ||
| present | mãtąs, mãtantis | mãtomas | |
| past | mãtęs | matýtas | |
| past frequentative | matýdavęs | — | |
| future | matýsiąs, matýsiantis | matýsimas | |
| participle of necessity | — | matýtinas | |
| Adverbial | |||
| special (pusdalyvis) | matýdamas | ||
| half-participle (padalyviai) |
present | mãtant | |
| past | mãčius | ||
| past frequentative | matýdavus | ||
| future | matýsiant | ||
| manner of action (būdinys) | matýte, matýtinai | ||
matýti
Usually shortened to matýt when used in this sense.