dalyti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to split”). Cognate with Latvian dalît (“to divide, share”), Old Prussian dellieis (“(imperative 2nd singular) share!”), Proto-Slavic *odolě̀ti (“to overcome, defeat”).

Verb

dalýti (third-person present tense dalìja, third-person past tense dalìjo)

1. to divide, distribute

Declension

Conjugation of dalyti

		singular (vienaskaita)				plural (daugiskaita)
		1st person (pirmasis asmuo)	2nd person (antrasis asmuo)	3rd person (trečiasis asmuo)		1st person (pirmasis asmuo)	2nd person (antrasis asmuo)	3rd person (trečiasis asmuo)
		aš	tu	jis/ji		mes	jūs	jie/jos
indicative (tiesioginė nuosaka)	present (esamasis laikas)	dalijù	dalijì	dalìja		dalìjame, dalìjam	dalìjate, dalìjat	dalìja
	past (būtasis kartinis laikas)	dalijaũ	dalijaĩ	dalìjo		dalìjome, dalìjom	dalìjote, dalìjot	dalìjo
	past frequentative (būtasis dažninis laikas)	dalýdavau	dalýdavai	dalýdavo		dalýdavome, dalýdavom	dalýdavote, dalýdavot	dalýdavo
	future (būsimasis laikas)	dalýsiu	dalýsi	dalýs		dalýsime, dalýsim	dalýsite, dalýsit	dalýs
subjunctive (tariamoji nuosaka)		dalýčiau	dalýtum, dalýtumei	dalýtų		dalýtumėme, dalýtumėm, dalýtume	dalýtumėte, dalýtumėt	dalýtų
imperative (liepiamoji nuosaka)		—	dalýk, dalýki	tedalìja, tedalìjie		dalýkime, dalýkim	dalýkite, dalýkit	tedalìja, tedalìjie

Participles of dalyti

Adjectival (dalyviai)
		active	passive
present		dalìjąs, dalìjantis	dalìjamas
past		dalìjęs	dalýtas
past frequentative		dalýdavęs	—
future		dalýsiąs, dalýsiantis	dalýsimas
participle of necessity		—	dalýtinas
Adverbial
special (pusdalyvis)		dalýdamas
half-participle (padalyviai)	present	dalìjant
	past	dalìjus
	past frequentative	dalýdavus
	future	dalýsiant
manner of action (būdinys)		dalýte, dalýtinai

Derived terms

• dalìnti (“to divide”)