matyti
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mat(r)ītei, from Proto-Indo-European *met- (“to cut, measure”), with semantic shift "to measure" > "to notice" > "to watch". Cognate with Proto-Slavic *motrìti (“to look at, watch”), *mětiti (“to mark, notice”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]matýti (third-person present tense mãto, third-person past tense mãtė)
Conjugation
[edit]| singular vienaskaita | plural daugiskaita | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| aš | tu | jis/ji | mes | jūs | jie/jos | |||
| indicative | present | mataũ | matai̇̃ | mãto | mãtome, mãtom |
mãtote, mãtot |
mãto | |
| past | mačiaũ | matei̇̃ | mãtė | mãtėme, mãtėm |
mãtėte, mãtėt |
mãtė | ||
| past frequentative | matýdavau | matýdavai | matýdavo | matýdavome, matýdavom |
matýdavote, matýdavot |
matýdavo | ||
| future | matýsiu | matýsi | matýs | matýsime, matýsim |
matýsite, matýsit |
matýs | ||
| subjunctive | matýčiau | matýtum, matýtumei |
matýtų | matýtumėme, matýtumėm, matýtume |
matýtumėte, matýtumėt |
matýtų | ||
| imperative | — | matýk, matýki |
temãto, temãtai |
matýkime, matýkim |
matýkite, matýkit |
temãto, temãtai | ||
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Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- (adverb) bematant
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Adverb
[edit]matýti
- (modal) seemingly, apparently, evidently[4]
- Màno tė́vas matýt bùvo laimi̇̀ngas. ― My father was seemingly happy.
Usage notes
[edit]Usually shortened to matýt when used in this sense.
References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 307
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2008), Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 327. →ISBN
- ^ “matyti” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
- ^ Vytautas Ambrazas (2006), Lithuanian Grammar, 2nd revised edition, →ISBN, pages 376, 686