mazgoti

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *mesg- (to sink). Cognates include Latvian mazgāt, Sanskrit मज्जति (majjati, to sink) and Latin mergō (to immerse).[1][2]

The term has also been connected with similar words in Uralic languages, such as Võro mõskma and Hungarian mos (from Proto-Uralic *mośke- (to wash)), however, it is more probable that the Proto-Uralic term was derived from Proto-Indo-European.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [mɐˈzɡôːtʲɪ]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧zgo‧ti

Verb

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mazgóti (third-person present tense mazgója, third-person past tense mazgójo)

  1. (transitive) to wash, to bathe
    Synonyms: prausti, plauti, skalbti
    Rankà rañką mazgója. (idiomatic)you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours (literally, “The hand washes the hand.”)

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch[1], volumes I–II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Further reading

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  • Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  • mazgoti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • mazgoti”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
  • mazgoti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024