belsti
Appearance
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to beat”). Cognate with Latvian bel̂zt (“to strike”).
Verb
[edit]belsti (third-person present tense béldžia, third-person past tense béldė)
- to knock, make a noise
- (colloquial) to speak with animation
Conjugation
[edit]singular vienaskaita | plural daugiskaita | |||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
aš | tu | jis/ji | mes | jūs | jie/jos | |||
indicative | present | beldžiu | beldi | beldžia | beldžiame, beldžiam |
beldžiate, beldžiat |
beldžia | |
past | beldžiau | beldei | beldė | beldėme, beldėm |
beldėte, beldėt |
beldė | ||
past frequentative | belsdavau | belsdavai | belsdavo | belsdavome, belsdavom |
belsdavote, belsdavot |
belsdavo | ||
future | belsiu | belsi | bels | belsime, belsim |
belsite, belsit |
bels | ||
subjunctive | belsčiau | belstum | belstų | belstumėme, belstumėm, belstume |
belstumėte, belstumėt |
belstų | ||
imperative | — | belsk, belski |
tebeldžia | belskime, belskim |
belskite, belskit |
tebeldžia |
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References
[edit]- Derksen, Rick (2015) “belsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 86
- MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “belsti”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page buille