prausti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From the Proto-Balto-Slavic *prus-sk-[1], from Proto-Indo-European *prews-.

Cognates include Sanskrit प्रुष्णोति (pruṣṇóti, sprinkle)[1], Czech prskat (splutter, sizzle)[1] and Serbo-Croatian prskati (splash)[1].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈprɒʊ̯ˑsʲtʲɪ]

Verb

praũsti (third-person present tense praũsia, third-person past tense praũsė)

  1. (transitive) (face, in particular): to wash
    Veidą prausia.[2] - He/she/it washes the face. / They wash the face.
  2. (transitive) to give showers of rain
    Lietus juos prausia.[2] - It showers onto them.

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References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 423
  2. “prausti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
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