miegoti

Miegoti is a Lithuanian verb meaning to sleep. It is an intransitive infinitive form, part of the common group of -oti verbs used to express the act of sleeping. As a basic verb, miegoti appears in everyday speech to describe actual sleeping as well as situations involving rest or prolonged inactivity.

In usage, miegoti can describe sleeping at night, taking a nap, or simply the state of being asleep. It is often combined with time expressions such as night or a specific duration, and it can appear in various tenses and aspects according to standard Lithuanian grammar. A closely related verb is užmigti, which means to fall asleep. The noun miegas conveys the concept of sleep itself, and it frequently appears in discussions of rest, fatigue, or sleep health.

Miegoti is taught as part of basic Lithuanian vocabulary and appears in both colloquial and formal contexts. It can be extended with common phrases like eiti miegoti (to go to bed) and miegoti ilgai (to sleep for a long time). The verb is used across dialects of Lithuanian and remains a staple for expressing routine human experiences related to sleep.