gerti

== Lithuanian == === Etymology === From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gerˀtei (“devour, lap up”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”); compare Latvian dzer̂t (“drink”), Proto-Slavic *žèrti (“to devour, glut”) (Old Church Slavonic пожрѣти, пожьрѫ (požrěti, požĭrǫ, “swallow, devour”), Polish żreć (“eat greedily”), Russian demotic нажраться (nažratʹsja, “to eat a lot; get drunk”)), Sanskrit गिरति (giráti, “devour”), Ancient Greek βιβρώσκω (bibrṓskō, “eat up”), Latin vorō (“devour, swallow”). The present tense stem of the Slavic words < *gir- comes from the zero-grade of the root; compare girti (“get drunk”), girtas (“drunk”). See also gurklỹs (“craw, throat”) and gerklė (“throat”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡʲɛrʲ.tʲɪ] === Verb === gérti (third-person present tense gẽria, third-person past tense gė́rė) drink (consume liquid to quench thirst) Ji̇̀s nóri gérti alaũs ― He wants to drink some beer drink (of alcoholic beverages), booze Synonym: girtauti soak up, absorb Synonyms: traukti, siurbti, skverbtis, sunktis Kempi̇̀nė gẽria vándenį ― The sponge soaks up water ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== garnys geršė girti, girtas girdyti gurklys === References ===