pažinti

Lithuanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [pɐˈʑɪntɪ]

Verb

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

Derived terms

  • susipažinti (to make the acquaintaince of)
  • tebepažinti

References

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