groti

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Lithuanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Slavic borrowing; compare Belarusian граць (hracʹ), Polish grać, Russian игра́ть (igrátʹ), dialectal грать (gratʹ, to play), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *jьgrati.

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gróti (third-person present tense grója, third-person past tense grójo)

  1. (with accusative and instrumental case) to play music (on a musical instrument)
    Synonym: griežti
    Gitarà gãlima gróti tìk akòrdus.
    You can play more than just chords on the guitar.
    • 2024, Silvester Belt (lyrics and music), “Luktelk”:
      Stovime tyloje grojančio radijo
      We stand in the silence of the playing radio

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(Nouns)