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stiept

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Latvian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *steyp- (to be stiff, erect), see also Latin stīpō (to compress), Lithuanian stìpti (to stiffen).[1]

Verb

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stiept (transitive, 1st conjugation, present stiepju, stiepj, stiepj, past stiepu)

  1. to stretch
    stiept gumijuto hesitate (lit. stretch rubber)

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στείβω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1394