Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gāˀi-, from Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾eH- (to sing, cry). Cognate with Latvian dziedāt (to sing), Proto-Slavic *gajati (to caw, croak), Sanskrit गायति (gāyati, sing).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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giedóti (third-person present tense gíeda, third-person past tense gíedojo)

  1. to sing

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “giedoti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 174