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Lithuanian
Etymology
From older gélbsti + -ėti, akin to Old Prussian galbimai (“to assist”). Further origin unclear. Comparisson has been drawn with Proto-Germanic *helpaną (“to help”).
Verb
(standard) gélbėti (third-person present tense gélbėja, third-person past tense gélbėjo)
(dialectally) gelbė́ti (third-person present tense gelbė́ja, third-person past tense gelbė́jo)
- (transitive) to save, to rescue
- (transitive) to treat, to provide care (to someone in need)
- Synonym: gýdyti
- (intransitive) to come to someone's rescue
Conjugation
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
Old Lithuanian evinces for original athematic conjugation.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “gelbėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
- “gelbėti”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025
- “gelbėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012