matyti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mat(r)ītei, from Proto-Indo-European *met- (“to cut, measure”), with semantic shift "to measure" > "to notice" > "to watch". Cognate with Proto-Slavic *motrìti (“to look at, watch”), *mětiti (“to mark, notice”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɐˈtʲîːtʲɪ]

Verb

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

  1. to see[3]

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • regėti

Derived terms

  • (adverb) bematant

See also

Adverb

matýti

  1. (modal) seemingly, apparently, evidently[4]
    Màno tė́vas matýt bùvo laimìngas. ― My father was seemingly happy.

Usage notes

Usually shortened to matýt when used in this sense.

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 307
  2. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 327. →ISBN
  3. “matyti” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
  4. Vytautas Ambrazas (2006) Lithuanian Grammar, 2nd revised edition, →ISBN, pages 376, 686
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