gręžti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *grenž- (compare Latvian griezt (“to turn, spin”)), from Proto-Indo-European *grenǵʰ- (“to turn, spin”),[1] whence also Proto-Germanic *kringaną (“to turn, fall, yield”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʲɾʲæːʒʲtʲɪ/

Verb

grę̃žti (third-person present tense grę̃žia, third-person past tense grę̃žė)

  1. to turn (a horse, cart, etc.)
  2. to turn (rope, etc.)
  3. to wring out (cloth, etc.)
  4. to bore, drill
  5. to give change

Declension

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Derived terms

  • atgrę̃žti (“to turn (around) to face (somebody)”)

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “grę̃žti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language]‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, page 198
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