žįsti

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeid- (to suckle) and related to Ancient Greek νεογιλλός (neogillós, newborn).[1] Compare Latvian zīst (to suckle).

Also compare with Latin fētus (nursing), Old Church Slavonic доити (doiti).

Verb

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žįsti (third-person present tense žinda, third-person past tense žindo)

  1. (intransitive) to suckle, nurse

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 356, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 356