gobti

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Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian gãbtiês (snatch, grab). There has been a lot of cross-contamination between phonetically and semantically similar terms, cf. gaũbti (cover), glóbti (embrace) and gróbti (grab), the latter of which is most likely the origin of the acute accentuation in this lemma. The original circumflex can be found in gãbana (armful), gabénti (carry, transport). This makes projecting a Proto-Balto-Slavic pre-form problematic.

If connected with Latin habeō (have), Old Irish gaibid (take, seize) then we may suggest a Proto-Indo-European root *gʰeh₁bʰ-. However, in view of the Lithuanian accentuation and Sanskrit गभस्ति (gábhasti-, hand), Rick Derksen suggests *gʰabʰ-, with Proto-Indo-European *a. Also compare Proto-Slavic *gabati (seize) and *xāpàti (seize), which also show unusual phonetic variation.

Pronunciation

Verb

góbti (third-person present tense góbia, third-person past tense góbė)

  1. cover (up), wrap (up), shroud
    Synonyms: gaubti, siausti, supti
    Senõsios móters gálvą góbia baltà skarẽlė.The woman's head was wrapped in a white headscarf.
  2. snatch, grab, take
    Synonyms: glemžti, grobti

Declension

Conjugation of gobti
singular vienaskaita plural daugiskaita
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
tu jis/ji mes jūs jie/jos
indicative present góbiu góbi góbia góbiame,
góbiam
góbiate,
góbiat
góbia
past góbiau góbei góbė góbėme,
góbėm
góbėte,
góbėt
góbė
past frequentative góbdavau góbdavai góbdavo góbdavome,
góbdavom
góbdavote,
góbdavot
góbdavo
future góbsiu góbsi góbs góbsime,
góbsim
góbsite,
góbsit
góbs
subjunctive góbčiau góbtum góbtų góbtumėme,
góbtumėm,
góbtume
góbtumėte,
góbtumėt
góbtų
imperative góbk,
góbki
tegóbia góbkime,
góbkim
góbkite,
góbkit
tegóbia
Participles of gobti
adjectival (dalyviai)
active passive
present góbiąs, góbiantis góbiamas
past góbęs góbtas
past frequentative góbdavęs
future góbsiąs, góbsiantis góbsimas
participle of necessity góbtinas
adverbial
special pusdalyvis góbdamas
half-participle present góbiant
past góbus
past frequentative góbdavus
future góbsiant
manner of action būdinys góbte, góbtinai

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 184