Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bljouʔ-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-. Cognate with Latvian bļaût, Proto-Slavic *bľьvati, Ancient Greek φλέω (phléō), Latin fluo.

Verb

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bliáuti (third-person present tense bliáuna, third-person past tense blióvė)

  1. to bleat, sob, weep,

Conjugation

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References

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  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “bliauti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 94