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srūti

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *srew- (to flow), related to Proto-Slavic *strujiti (to gush, to flow). Per Derksen, probably of secondary origin with metatonic acute (in contrast to the circumflex in Lithuanian sravė́ti (to flow), sravà (bleeding), sraujà (jet, flow)).

Verb

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srū́ti (third-person present tense srū̃va, third-person past tense srùvo)

  1. (intransitive) to flow, to stream, to run (for fluid)
    Synonyms: sravė́ti, tekė́ti

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “srūti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 425
  • srūti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • srūti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024