skaityti
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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *(s)keit-, *(s)kait-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷoyt-, Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷeyt- (“to notice”). Cognate with Latvian skaitīt, Russian читать (čitatʹ, “read”), Sanskrit चेतति (cétati, “to perceive, take notice of”).
Pronunciation
Verb
skaitýti (third-person present tense skaĩto, third-person past tense skaĩtė)
- to read
Conjugation
Conjugation of skaityti
| 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) |
skaitaũ | skaitaĩ | skaĩto | skaĩtome, skaĩtom |
skaĩtote, skaĩtot |
skaĩto | |
| past (būtasis kartinis laikas) |
skaičiaũ | skaiteĩ | skaĩtė | skaĩtėme, skaĩtėm |
skaĩtėte, skaĩtėt |
skaĩtė | ||
| past frequentative (būtasis dažninis laikas) |
skaitýdavau | skaitýdavai | skaitýdavo | skaitýdavome, skaitýdavom |
skaitýdavote, skaitýdavot |
skaitýdavo | ||
| future (būsimasis laikas) |
skaitýsiu | skaitýsi | skaitýs | skaitýsime, skaitýsim |
skaitýsite, skaitýsit |
skaitýs | ||
| subjunctive (tariamoji nuosaka) |
skaitýčiau | skaitýtum, skaitýtumei |
skaitýtų | skaitýtumėme, skaitýtumėm, skaitýtume |
skaitýtumėte, skaitýtumėt |
skaitýtų | ||
| imperative (liepiamoji nuosaka) |
— | skaitýk, skaitýki |
teskaĩto, teskaĩtai |
skaitýkime, skaitýkim |
skaitýkite, skaitýkit |
teskaĩto, teskaĩtai | ||
Participles of skaityti
| Adjectival (dalyviai) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| active | passive | ||
| present | skaĩtąs, skaĩtantis | skaĩtomas | |
| past | skaĩtęs | skaitýtas | |
| past frequentative | skaitýdavęs | — | |
| future | skaitýsiąs, skaitýsiantis | skaitýsimas | |
| participle of necessity | — | skaitýtinas | |
| Adverbial | |||
| special (pusdalyvis) | skaitýdamas | ||
| half-participle (padalyviai) |
present | skaĩtant | |
| past | skaĩčius | ||
| past frequentative | skaitýdavus | ||
| future | skaitýsiant | ||
| manner of action (būdinys) | skaitýte, skaitýtinai | ||
Derived terms
- suskaitýti (“to count”)
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 401