matyti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mat(r)ītei, from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁-, *meh₁- (“endeavour, will, temper”), see also Latin mōs (“will, humour, wont, inclination, mood”), Russian смотреть (smotretʹ, “to watch”), Serbo-Croatian мо̀трити/mòtriti (“to watch”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɐˈtʲîːtʲɪ]

Verb

matýti (third-person present tense mãto, third-person past tense mãtė)

  1. to see[2]

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • regėti

Derived terms

  • (adverb) bematant

See also

Adverb

matýti

  1. (modal) seemingly, apparently, evidently[3]
    Mano tėvas matyt buvo laimingas. ― My father was seemingly happy.

Usage notes

Usually shortened to matýt when used in this sense.

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 327. →ISBN
  2. “matyti” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
  3. Vytautas Ambrazas (2006) Lithuanian Grammar, 2nd revised edition, →ISBN, pages 376, 686
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