gandėtis

Lithuanian

Etymology

Thought to be derived from an older verb negandė́ti (“to not have enough, not suffice”), with the initial ne dropped. For a semantic parallel (albeit with words of different etymology), Smoczynski compares the Polish collocation obawiać się niedostatku (“to fear paucity”). The root of the verb is connected to ganà (“enough”); see there for more.

Verb

gandė́tis (third-person present tense gandė́jasi, third-person past tense gandė́josi)

1. to fear, be afraid

Declension

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Derived terms

• gandiñti (“to frighten”) (causative)
• gandéntis (“to be afraid”)
• pasigandė́ti (“to be frightened”)

Related terms

• gą̃sti (“to feel fear, be terrified”) (inchoative)