šokti

Lithuanian

Cognate with Latvian sākt (“to begin, to start”), with further origin unclear. The traditional connection to Ancient Greek κηκῐ́ς (kēkís, “ooze”) is rejected by Beekes (see there for more).^[1] Otherwise, frequently connected with Old Church Slavonic скакати, скачѫ (skakati, skačǫ, “hop, jump”), скочити (skočiti, “jump, leap”), Proto-Germanic *skehaną (“spring up, emerge”). If so, we could be looking at a Proto-Indo-European s-mobile *(s)ḱeh₂k-, *(s)ḱoh₂k-,^[2] with the palatovelar present in the Baltic forms (< *śoˀk-) being neutralised after s in Slavic (< *skoˀk-).

šókti (third-person present tense šóka, third-person past tense šóko)

jump, leap
hop, skip (move by jumping)
Žiógas šóka per̃ pievẽlę - A grasshopper is hopping across the lawn.
run about, work a lot; (with apiẽ + accusative) fuss, pander to someone's needs
spring up, appear suddenly; act, set about suddenly
Vė́jas šóko šakosè ir̃ mė́tė lapùs añt žemė̃s. - The wind gushed through the branches, throwing leaves to the ground.

Pamãtę patrùlinį automobìlį, visì šóko bė̃gti. - When they saw the patrol car, they all broke into a run.
dance (move in rhythm to music)

Conjugation of šokti

		singular (vienaskaita)			plural (daugiskaita)
		1^st person (pirmasis asmuo)	2^nd person (antrasis asmuo)	3^rd person (trečiasis asmuo)	1^st person (pirmasis asmuo)	2^nd person (antrasis asmuo)	3^rd person (trečiasis asmuo)
		aš	tu	jis/ji	mes	jūs	jie/jos
indicative (tiesioginė nuosaka)	present (esamasis laikas)	šóku	šóki	šóka	šókame, šókam	šókate, šókat	šóka
	past (būtasis kartinis laikas)	šókau	šókai	šóko	šókome, šókom	šókote, šókot	šóko
	past frequentative (būtasis dažninis laikas)	šókdavau	šókdavai	šókdavo	šókdavome, šókdavom	šókdavote, šókdavot	šókdavo
	future (būsimasis laikas)	šóksiu	šóksi	šóks	šóksime, šóksim	šóksite, šóksit	šóks
subjunctive (tariamoji nuosaka)		šókčiau	šóktum, šóktumei	šóktų	šóktumėme, šóktumėm, šóktume	šóktumėte, šóktumėt	šóktų
imperative (liepiamoji nuosaka)		—	šók, šóki	tešóka, tešókie	šókime, šókim	šókite, šókit	tešóka, tešókie

Participles of šokti

terms derived from šokti

prefixed forms of šokti

^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “šokti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 454
^ Miguel Villanueva Svensson (2009) 'Indo-European *sk̑ in Balto-Slavic languages', Baltistica, Volume XLIV(1), pages 5–24