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suprasti

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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su- (co-) +‎ prasti (to acquire a habit or inclination), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *pret- (to understand).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sʊˈpɾɐsʲtʲɪ]

Verb

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supràsti (third-person present tense suprañta, third-person past tense suprãto)

  1. to perceive, to get it; to understand
    Suprask ir mane negaliu aukoti mano laiką.
    Understand me too, please — I can't sacrifice my time.

Conjugation

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Participles of suprasti
adjectival
active passive
present suprañtąs
suprañtantis
suprañtamas
past suprãtęs supràstas
past frequentative supràsdavęs
future supràsiąs
supràsiantis
supràsimas
participle of necessity supràstinas
adverbial
special (pusdalyvis) supràsdamas
half-participle
(padalyviai)
present suprañtant
past suprãtus
past frequentative supràsdavus
future supràsiant
manner of action (būdinys) supràste
supràstinai

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, page 369