prausti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *prus-sk-, from Proto-Indo-European *prews-. Cognates include Sanskrit प्रुष्णोति (pruṣṇoti, “to sprinkle”), Czech prskat (“to splutter, sizzle”) and Serbo-Croatian prskati (“to splash”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈprɐʊ̯sʲtʲɪ]
  • Hyphenation: praus‧ti

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to wash (esp. one's face), to bathe
    Synonyms: mazgoti, plauti, skalbti
    prausti véidą šáltu vándeniu ― wash your face with cold water
    Rankà rañką prausia. (idiomatic) ― you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours (literally, “The hand washes the hand.”)
  2. (transitive) to give showers of rain
    Lietùs juõs praũsia. ― The rain is showering them.
  3. (transitive) to reprimand, to scold, to punish

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See also

  • skalauti

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 423

Further reading

  • Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  • “prausti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • “prausti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
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