tiesti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Smoczynski tentatively connects the word to tesė́ti (“to keep up with work; to suffice”), and leaves the further origin of both open. A connection to Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- (“to create; to cut”) seems semantically feasible. Note also similarities in form and meaning to tę̃sti (“to continue, extend”), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *tens- (“to stretch”).

Verb

tiẽsti (third-person present tense tiẽsia, third-person past tense tiẽsė)

1. to stretch
2. to straighten
3. to lead (a road, etc.)
4. to lay (a bridge, etc.)
5. to spread (a table)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tiesti

		singular (vienaskaita)				plural (daugiskaita)
		1st person (pirmasis asmuo)	2nd person (antrasis asmuo)	3rd person (trečiasis asmuo)		1st person (pirmasis asmuo)	2nd person (antrasis asmuo)	3rd person (trečiasis asmuo)
		aš	tu	jis/ji		mes	jūs	jie/jos
indicative (tiesioginė nuosaka)	present (esamasis laikas)	tiesiù	tiesì	tiẽsia		tiẽsiame, tiẽsiam	tiẽsiate, tiẽsiat	tiẽsia
	past (būtasis kartinis laikas)	tiesiaũ	tieseĩ	tiẽsė		tiẽsėme, tiẽsėm	tiẽsėte, tiẽsėt	tiẽsė
	past frequentative (būtasis dažninis laikas)	tiẽsdavau	tiẽsdavai	tiẽsdavo		tiẽsdavome, tiẽsdavom	tiẽsdavote, tiẽsdavot	tiẽsdavo
	future (būsimasis laikas)	tiẽsiu	tiẽsi	tiẽs		tiẽsime, tiẽsim	tiẽsite, tiẽsit	tiẽs
subjunctive (tariamoji nuosaka)		tiẽsčiau	tiẽstum	tiẽstų		tiẽstumėme, tiẽstumėm, tiẽstume	tiẽstumėte, tiẽstumėt	tiẽstų
imperative (liepiamoji nuosaka)		—	tiẽsk, tiẽski	tetiẽsia		tiẽskime, tiẽskim	tiẽskite, tiẽskit	tetiẽsia

Participles of tiesti

Adjectival (dalyviai)
		active	passive
present		tiẽsiąs, tiẽsiantis	tiẽsiamas
past		tiẽsęs	tiẽstas
past frequentative		tiẽsdavęs	—
future		tiẽsiąs, tiẽsiantis	tiẽsimas
participle of necessity		—	tiẽstinas
Adverbial
special (pusdalyvis)		tiẽsdamas
half-participle (padalyviai)	present	tiẽsiant
	past	tiẽsus
	past frequentative	tiẽsdavus
	future	tiẽsiant
manner of action (būdinys)		tiestè, tiestinai

Derived terms

• tiesa
• tiesiog

Related terms

• taisyti
• teisti