gąsti

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From an earlier *gand-stu, a formation from gandė́tis (to fear).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

gą̃sti (third-person present tense gą̃sta, third-person past tense gañdo)

  1. (uncommon) to suddenly panic and get scared, feel fear, be afraid

Usage notes

Rare in modern usage by itself. Usually used in one of its prefixed forms, made up of a prefix + -si-.

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References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “gandė́tis”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 156