vairuoti
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Lithuanian
Etymology
vaĩras (“steering wheel”) + -uoti (“verbal suffix”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
vairúoti (third-person present tense vairúoja, third-person past tense vairãvo)
- to drive, steer
- išmokti vairuoti automobilį ― to learn to drive a car
- (figuratively) to lead, be in charge of
Conjugation
Conjugation of vairuoti
Participles of vairuoti
| Adjectival (dalyviai) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| active | passive | ||
| present | vairuojąs, vairuojantis | vairuojamas | |
| past | vairavęs | vairuotas | |
| past frequentative | vairuodavęs | — | |
| future | vairuosiąs, vairuosiantis | vairuosimas | |
| participle of necessity | — | vairuotinas | |
| Adverbial | |||
| special (pusdalyvis) | vairuodamas | ||
| half-participle (padalyviai) |
present | vairuojant | |
| past | vairavus | ||
| past frequentative | vairuodavus | ||
| future | vairuosiant | ||
| manner of action (būdinys) | vairuote, vairuotinai | ||
Derived terms
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “vaĩras”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 713
Further reading
- “vairuoti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “vairuoti”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024