Lithuanian edit

Etymology edit

From pa- +‎ žinti, the latter related to žinoti (to know). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *poznati (to recognize, to know up).[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): [pɐˈʑɪntɪ]

Verb edit

pažìnti (third-person present tense pažį́sta, third-person past tense pažinójo)

  1. (transitive) to know someone, know something (being acquainted or familiar with)
    Pažį́stu ją̃ ìš mãtymo.
    I know her by sight.
    Pažį́stu šią̃ viẽtą.
    I know this place.

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 347