gręžti
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Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
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Verb
[edit]grę̃žti (third-person present tense grę̃žia, third-person past tense grę̃žė)
- to turn (a horse, cart, etc.)
- to turn (rope, etc.)
- to wring out (cloth, etc.)
- to bore, drill
- to give change
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- atgrę̃žti (“to turn (around) to face (somebody)”)
Related terms
[edit]- grį̃žti (“to return”)
References
[edit]- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “grę̃žti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 198