dirbti
Appearance
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *dʰr̥Hbʰ-, a zero-grade of *(s)dʰerHbʰ- (“to exert force”). Cognate with Latvian dir̂bt (“to walk fast”), Proto-Germanic *derbaną (“to work”).[1]
Verb
[edit]di̇̀rbti (third-person present tense di̇̀rba, third-person past tense di̇̀rbo)
- to work[2]
- (colloquial, offensive) to make
- Ką čia dirbi?! - viską sugadinai!.. - dink! - What are you making here?! - you have ruined everything!.. - get the fuck off!
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 | di̇̀rbu | di̇̀rbi | di̇̀rba | di̇̀rbame, di̇̀rbam |
di̇̀rbate, di̇̀rbat |
di̇̀rba | |
past | di̇̀rbau | di̇̀rbai | di̇̀rbo | di̇̀rbome, di̇̀rbom |
di̇̀rbote, di̇̀rbot |
di̇̀rbo | ||
past frequentative | di̇̀rbdavau | di̇̀rbdavai | di̇̀rbdavo | di̇̀rbdavome, di̇̀rbdavom |
di̇̀rbdavote, di̇̀rbdavot |
di̇̀rbdavo | ||
future | di̇̀rbsiu | di̇̀rbsi | di̇̀rbs | di̇̀rbsime, di̇̀rbsim |
di̇̀rbsite, di̇̀rbsit |
di̇̀rbs | ||
subjunctive | di̇̀rbčiau | di̇̀rbtum, di̇̀rbtumei |
di̇̀rbtų | di̇̀rbtumėme, di̇̀rbtumėm, di̇̀rbtume |
di̇̀rbtumėte, di̇̀rbtumėt |
di̇̀rbtų | ||
imperative | — | di̇̀rbk, di̇̀rbki |
tedi̇̀rba, tedi̇̀rbie |
di̇̀rbkime, di̇̀rbkim |
di̇̀rbkite, di̇̀rbkit |
tedi̇̀rba, tedi̇̀rbie |
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Derived terms
[edit](nouns):
- (verbal noun) dirbimas m
- dirbtuvė f
- kryždirbystė f
(adjective):
(verb):
Related terms
[edit]- dárbas m
References
[edit]- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “dirbti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 131
- ^ “dirbti” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN