gulėti

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Lithuanian

Etymology

gulti (“lie down”) +‎ -ėti (“progressive suffix”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

gulė́ti (third-person present tense gùli, third-person past tense gulė́jo)

  1. (intransitive) to lie (to be in a lying position)
    Šuõ gùli añt sòfos, õ àš guliù lóvoj. ― The dog is lying on the sofa and I'm lying in bed.
  2. to stay overnight
  3. to be ill, unwell, sick
  4. (intransitive, regarding objects) to lie, to be lying (to be situated in a lying position)
    Knygà gùli añt stãlo. ― The book is on the table.
    Laukuosè dar vanduõ gùli. ― Water is still standing in the fields.
  5. to fit, to sit, to lie (be adjusted in a certain manner)
    Suknẽlė táu geraĩ gùli ir̃ tiñka pagal̃ figū̃rą. ― Your dress sits well on you and fits your figure.

Conjugation

Conjugation of gulėti
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) 		guliù gulì gùli gùlime,
gùlim 		gùlite,
gùlit 		gùli
past
(būtasis kartinis
laikas) 		gulė́jau gulė́jai gulė́jo gulė́jome,
gulė́jom 		gulė́jote,
gulė́jot 		gulė́jo
past frequentative
(būtasis dažninis
laikas) 		gulė́davau gulė́davai gulė́davo gulė́davome,
gulė́davom 		gulė́davote,
gulė́davot 		gulė́davo
future
(būsimasis laikas) 		gulė́siu gulė́si gulė̃s gulė́sime,
gulė́sim 		gulė́site,
gulė́sit 		gulė̃s
subjunctive
(tariamoji nuosaka) 		gulė́čiau gulė́tum,
gulė́tumei 		gulė́tų gulė́tumėme,
gulė́tumėm,
gulė́tume 		gulė́tumėte,
gulė́tumėt 		gulė́tų
imperative
(liepiamoji nuosaka) 		— gulė́k,
gulė́ki 		tegùli,
tegùlie 		gulė́kime,
gulė́kim 		gulė́kite,
gulė́kit 		tegùli,
tegùlie
Participles of gulėti
Adjectival (dalyviai)
active passive
present gùlįs, gùlintis gùlimas
past gulė́jęs gulė́tas
past frequentative gulė́davęs —
future gulė́siąs, gulė́siantis gulė́simas
participle of necessity — gulė́tinas
Adverbial
special (pusdalyvis) gulė́damas
half-participle
(padalyviai) 		present gùlint
past gulė́jus
past frequentative gulė́davus
future gulė́siant
manner of action (būdinys) gulė́te, gulė́tinai

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References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “gulėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 193
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