srūti

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *srew- (to flow), related to Proto-Slavic *strujiti (to gush, to flow). Per Derksen, probably of secondary origin with metatonic acute (in contrast to the circumflex in Lithuanian sravė́ti (to flow), sravà (bleeding), sraujà (jet, flow)).

Verb

srū́ti (third-person present tense srū̃va, third-person past tense srùvo)

  1. (intransitive) to flow, to stream, to run (for fluid)
    Synonyms: sravė́ti, tekė́ti

Conjugation

Conjugation of srūti
singular vienaskaita plural daugiskaita
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
tu jis/ji mes jūs jie/jos
indicative present srū̃vu srū̃vi srū̃va srū̃vame,
srū̃vam
srū̃vate,
srū̃vat
srū̃va
past srùvau srùvai srùvo srùvome,
srùvom
srùvote,
srùvot
srùvo
past frequentative srū́davau srū́davai srū́davo srū́davome,
srū́davom
srū́davote,
srū́davot
srū́davo
future srū́siu srū́si srū́s srū́sime,
srū́sim
srū́site,
srū́sit
srū́s
subjunctive srū́čiau srū́tum,
srū́tumei
srū́tų srū́tumėme,
srū́tumėm,
srū́tume
srū́tumėte,
srū́tumėt
srū́tų
imperative srū́k,
srū́ki
tesrū̃va,
tesrū̃vie
srū́kime,
srū́kim
srū́kite,
srū́kit
tesrū̃va,
tesrū̃vie
Participles of srūti
adjectival (dalyviai)
active passive
present srū̃vąs, srū̃vantis srū̃vamas
past srùvęs srū́tas
past frequentative srū́davęs
future srū́siąs, srū́siantis srū́simas
participle of necessity srū́tinas
adverbial
special pusdalyvis srū́damas
half-participle present srū̃vant
past srùvus
past frequentative srū́davus
future srū́siant
manner of action būdinys srū́te, srū́tinai

Derived terms

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “srūti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 425
  • srūti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė , 2007–2012
  • srūti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas , lkz.lt, 1941–2025