žaisti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Originally "to gambol, jump," from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”), similar to Sanskrit अज् (aj, “goat”).[1] However, compare Proto-Slavic *zajęcь (“hare”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʒɐjsʲtʲɪ]

Verb

žaĩsti (third-person present tense žaĩdžia, third-person past tense žaĩdė)

  1. to play (games, sports, in general)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. The Indo-Europeans in the Fourth and Third Millennia. (1982). United States: Karoma Publishers, p. 157
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