plaukti

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *plewk- (“to flow; to flap, splash”), extended form of the root *plew-.[1] Cognate with English fly and flee. Via *plew-, cognate to English float, as in Lithuanian plaustas (“a float”) (plaut-tas) and general meaning of floating, and Lithuanian plakti (“to whip”), Lithuanian plūktis (“to work hard”), Lithuanian plokščias (“flat”).

Pronunciation

Verb

plaũkti (third-person present tense plaũkia, third-person past tense plaũkė)

  1. to swim
  2. to float

Conjugation

Conjugation of plaukti
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) 		plaukiu plauki plaukia plaukiame,
plaukiam 		plaukiate,
plaukiat 		plaukia
past
(būtasis kartinis
laikas) 		plaukiau plaukei plaukė plaukėme,
plaukėm 		plaukėte,
plaukėt 		plaukė
past frequentative
(būtasis dažninis
laikas) 		plaukdavau plaukdavai plaukdavo plaukdavome,
plaukdavom 		plaukdavote,
plaukdavot 		plaukdavo
future
(būsimasis laikas) 		plauksiu plauksi plauks plauksime,
plauksim 		plauksite,
plauksit 		plauks
subjunctive
(tariamoji nuosaka) 		plaukčiau plauktum plauktų plauktumėme,
plauktumėm,
plauktume 		plauktumėte,
plauktumėt 		plauktų
imperative
(liepiamoji nuosaka) 		— plauk,
plauki 		teplaukia plaukime,
plaukim 		plaukite,
plaukit 		teplaukia
Participles of plaukti
Adjectival (dalyviai)
active passive
present plaukiąs, plaukiantis plaukiamas
past plaukęs plauktas
past frequentative plaukdavęs —
future plauksiąs, plauksiantis plauksimas
participle of necessity — plauktinas
Adverbial
special (pusdalyvis) plaukdamas
half-participle
(padalyviai) 		present plaukiant
past plaukus
past frequentative plaukdavus
future plauksiant
manner of action (būdinys) plaukte, plauktinai

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “plaukti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 363
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