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nustoti

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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nu- +‎ stóti.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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nustóti (third-person present tense nustója, third-person past tense nustójo)[1]

  1. to cease, stop
    Synonyms: liautis, baigti, sustoti
    Nustojo lyti.It has stopped raining.
  2. (transitive with genitive) to lose
    Synonyms: prarasti, netekti
    nustoti prototo lose one's mind
    Nustojau savo motinos.I lost my mother.

Usage notes

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Like liautis and unlike baigti,[2] nustoti can take either the infinitive of a verb or its past active participle as complement:

Nustojau pirkti knygas (with infinitive, more common) - I have stopped buying books.
Nustojau pirkusi knygas (past active participle) - I have stopped buying books

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ nustoti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  2. ^ Axel Holvoet (2014) “Phasal and proximative complementation: Lithuanian baigti”, in Baltic Linguistics, volume 5, →DOI, pages 81–122