belsti

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Lithuanian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (“to beat”). Cognate with Latvian bel̂zt (“to strike”).

Verb

belsti (third-person present tense béldžia, third-person past tense béldė)

  1. to knock, make a noise
  2. (colloquial) to speak with animation

Conjugation

Conjugation of belsti
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) 		beldžiu beldi beldžia beldžiame,
beldžiam 		beldžiate,
beldžiat 		beldžia
past
(būtasis kartinis
laikas) 		beldžiau beldei beldė beldėme,
beldėm 		beldėte,
beldėt 		beldė
past frequentative
(būtasis dažninis
laikas) 		belsdavau belsdavai belsdavo belsdavome,
belsdavom 		belsdavote,
belsdavot 		belsdavo
future
(būsimasis laikas) 		belsiu belsi bels belsime,
belsim 		belsite,
belsit 		bels
subjunctive
(tariamoji nuosaka) 		belsčiau belstum belstų belstumėme,
belstumėm,
belstume 		belstumėte,
belstumėt 		belstų
imperative
(liepiamoji nuosaka) 		— belsk,
belski 		tebeldžia belskime,
belskim 		belskite,
belskit 		tebeldžia
Participles of belsti
Adjectival (dalyviai)
active passive
present beldžiąs, beldžiantis beldžiamas
past beldęs belstas
past frequentative belsdavęs —
future belsiąs, belsiantis belsimas
participle of necessity — belstinas
Adverbial
special (pusdalyvis) belsdamas
half-participle
(padalyviai) 		present beldžiant
past beldus
past frequentative belsdavus
future belsiant
manner of action (būdinys) belste, belstinai

References

  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “belsti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 86
  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “belsti”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page buille
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