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griauti

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Along with griū́ti (to collapse), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewH- (to rush in, attack). Cognate with Latvian graût (to destroy, thunder), Latin ingruō (to attack), Ancient Greek χράω (khráō, to attack, inflict).[1][2]

The "destroy" and "thunder" meanings are traditionally treated separately in Lithuanian dictionaries; however, Derksen considers them to be of the same origin.[2] He also considers griáusti (to thunder, roar, knock) to be related.[3]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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griáuti (third-person present tense griáuna, third-person past tense grióvė)

  1. to destroy, demolish, bring down
  2. to thunder, roar

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “griū́ti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 203-4
  2. 2.0 2.1 Derksen, Rick (2015) “griauti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 187
  3. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “griausti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 187