skalauti
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Lithuanian
Alternative forms
- skalatauti (dialectal)
Etymology
A denominal verb from an unattested *skala or *skalas (compare ìšskalos (“water with which a vessel is rinsed”)), from the same word family as skélti (“to split, cleave”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“to cut, to cleave”).[1] Cognate with Latvian skalinat (“to rinse”); see skal̃bti (“to wash”) for further discussion.
Pronunciation
Verb
skaláuti (third-person present tense skaláuja, third-person past tense skalãvo)
- to rinse
Conjugation
Conjugation of skalauti
Participles of skalauti
| Adjectival (dalyviai) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| active | passive | ||
| present | skalaująs, skalaujantis | skalaujamas | |
| past | skalavęs | skalautas | |
| past frequentative | skalaudavęs | — | |
| future | skalausiąs, skalausiantis | skalausimas | |
| participle of necessity | — | skalautinas | |
| Adverbial | |||
| special (pusdalyvis) | skalaudamas | ||
| half-participle (padalyviai) |
present | skalaujant | |
| past | skalavus | ||
| past frequentative | skalaudavus | ||
| future | skalausiant | ||
| manner of action (būdinys) | skalaute, skalautinai | ||
Related terms
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “skaláuti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 554-5