gulėti

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Lithuanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʊˈlʲêː.tʲɪ/

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 gerai̇̃ 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 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
tu jis/ji mes jūs jie/jos
indicative present guliù guli̇̀ gùli gùlime,
gùlim
gùlite,
gùlit
gùli
past gulė́jau gulė́jai gulė́jo gulė́jome,
gulė́jom
gulė́jote,
gulė́jot
gulė́jo
past frequentative gulė́davau gulė́davai gulė́davo gulė́davome,
gulė́davom
gulė́davote,
gulė́davot
gulė́davo
future gulė́siu gulė́si gulė̃s gulė́sime,
gulė́sim
gulė́site,
gulė́sit
gulė̃s
subjunctive gulė́čiau gulė́tum,
gulė́tumei
gulė́tų gulė́tumėme,
gulė́tumėm,
gulė́tume
gulė́tumėte,
gulė́tumėt
gulė́tų
imperative 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 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