gesti

See also: gestì

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʒes.ti]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈd͡ʒes.ti]

Verb

gesti

inflection of gestar:
1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
2. third-person singular imperative

Esperanto

Etymology

gesto +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Verb

gesti (present gestas, past gestis, future gestos, conditional gestus, volitive gestu)

(intransitive) to gesture

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛstɪ

Noun

gesti

indefinite dative singular of gestur
indefinite accusative plural of gestur

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛ.sti/
Rhymes: -ɛsti
Hyphenation: gè‧sti

Noun

gesti m pl

plural of gesto

Noun

gesti m pl (plural only)

(archaic, plural only) exploits, adventures

Anagrams

Stige

Latin

Participle

gestī

inflection of gestus:
1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡʲɛsʲtʲɪ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *g(ʷ)edʰ- (“to smell”), see also Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬧𐬙𐬌 (gaⁱṇti, “stench”), 𐬛𐬎𐬲𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬧𐬙𐬌 (dužgaⁱṇti, “smelling badly”), Sogdian γnt (“stench”), Persian (gand, “stench”).^[1] Compare the first element of gadinti orą (“to fart”).

Verb

gèsti (third-person present tense geñda, third-person past tense gẽdo)^[2]

(intransitive) to go bad
1. (to go out of order):
2. (to rot):^[3]
  išgedęs medis - a rotten tree
(intransitive, figuratively) to go degenerated
Žmogus, nieko ne dirbdamas, genda.^[2]
Without working, a human goes degenerated.

Conjugation

Conjugation of gesti

		singular (vienaskaita)			plural (daugiskaita)
		1^st person (pirmasis asmuo)	2^nd person (antrasis asmuo)	3^rd person (trečiasis asmuo)	1^st person (pirmasis asmuo)	2^nd person (antrasis asmuo)	3^rd person (trečiasis asmuo)
		aš	tu	jis/ji	mes	jūs	jie/jos
indicative (tiesioginė nuosaka)	present (esamasis laikas)	gendu	gendi	genda	gendame, gendam	gendate, gendat	genda
	past (būtasis kartinis laikas)	gedau	gedai	gedo	gedome, gedom	gedote, gedot	gedo
	past frequentative (būtasis dažninis laikas)	gesdavau	gesdavai	gesdavo	gesdavome, gesdavom	gesdavote, gesdavot	gesdavo
	future (būsimasis laikas)	gesiu	gesi	gess	gesime, gesim	gesite, gesit	gess
subjunctive (tariamoji nuosaka)		gesčiau	gestum, gestumei	gestų	gestumėme, gestumėm, gestume	gestumėte, gestumėt	gestų
imperative (liepiamoji nuosaka)		—	gesk, geski	tegenda, tegendie	geskime, geskim	geskite, geskit	tegenda, tegendie

Participles of gesti

Adjectival (dalyviai)
		active	passive
present		gendąs, gendantis	gendamas
past		gedęs	gestas
past frequentative		gesdavęs	—
future		gesiąs, gesiantis	gesimas
participle of necessity		—	gestinas
Adverbial
special (pusdalyvis)		gesdamas
half-participle (padalyviai)	present	gendant
	past	gedus
	past frequentative	gesdavus
	future	gesiant
manner of action (būdinys)		geste, gestinai

Synonyms

(to go bad): dūlėti, pablogėti, pūti

Derived terms

verbs derived from gesti

(Nouns)

gedimas m

Related terms

(Verbs)

gadinti

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷes-. Cognates include Ancient Greek σβέννῡμι (sbénnūmi, “to extinguish”),^[4] Sanskrit जासयति (jāsáyati, “to exhaust”), Irish bás (“death”), and Polish gasić (“to extinguish”).

Verb

gèsti (third-person present tense gę̃sta, third-person past tense gẽso)

(intransitive) to go out (to go extinguished)
ugnis gęsta - fire goes out
(intransitive, figuratively) to be blurred, to become dim^[3]

Conjugation

Conjugation of gesti

		singular (vienaskaita)			plural (daugiskaita)
		1^st person (pirmasis asmuo)	2^nd person (antrasis asmuo)	3^rd person (trečiasis asmuo)	1^st person (pirmasis asmuo)	2^nd person (antrasis asmuo)	3^rd person (trečiasis asmuo)
		aš	tu	jis/ji	mes	jūs	jie/jos
indicative (tiesioginė nuosaka)	present (esamasis laikas)	gęstu	gęsti	gęsta	gęstame, gęstam	gęstate, gęstat	gęsta
	past (būtasis kartinis laikas)	gesau	gesai	geso	gesome, gesom	gesote, gesot	geso
	past frequentative (būtasis dažninis laikas)	gesdavau	gesdavai	gesdavo	gesdavome, gesdavom	gesdavote, gesdavot	gesdavo
	future (būsimasis laikas)	gesiu	gesi	gess	gesime, gesim	gesite, gesit	gess
subjunctive (tariamoji nuosaka)		gesčiau	gestum, gestumei	gestų	gestumėme, gestumėm, gestume	gestumėte, gestumėt	gestų
imperative (liepiamoji nuosaka)		—	gesk, geski	tegęsta, tegęstie	geskime, geskim	geskite, geskit	tegęsta, tegęstie

Participles of gesti

Adjectival (dalyviai)
		active	passive
present		gęstąs, gęstantis	gęstamas
past		gesęs	gestas
past frequentative		gesdavęs	—
future		gesiąs, gesiantis	gesimas
participle of necessity		—	gestinas
Adverbial
special (pusdalyvis)		gesdamas
half-participle (padalyviai)	present	gęstant
	past	gesus
	past frequentative	gesdavus
	future	gesiant
manner of action (būdinys)		geste, gestinai

Synonyms

(to go out): blėsti, slopti

Derived terms

verbs derived from gesti

(Nouns)

gesìmas m

Related terms

(Verbs)

gesyti

Idioms

užgesti kaip žvakė

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “466-467”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 466-467
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 “gesti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1315.

Anagrams

segti

Swahili

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

Nyumba ya wageni

Wikipedia ^sw

Etymology

Borrowed from English guest.

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Noun

gesti (n class, plural gesti)

guesthouse

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “466-467”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 466-467

[dlkz1954-2] 2.0 ^2.1 “gesti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.

[vm1993-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

[4] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1315.

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