mušti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Within Balto-Slavic a connection can be drawn with Latvian mustavas (“warping beam”) (compare muštùvas); Slovene mašiti (“fill, clog up”) and perhaps Bulgarian му́ша (múša, “stab, poke”) < *moux-. These forms point to Proto-Indo-European -s- and a root of *mews- (“poke, beat”); compare Sanskrit मुष्णाति (muṣṇāti, “steal, break”).

According to Beekes, the root is Proto-Indo-European *h₂muḱ-; compare Ancient Greek ἀμύσσω (amússō, “scratch, tear”), Latin mūcrō (“sharp point”). However, neither the semantic nor formal arguments make a convincing case for the Lithuanian term to belong here.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmʊʃ.tʲɪ/

Verb

mùšti (third-person present tense mùša, third-person past tense mùšė)

1. (transitive) beat, strike, hit

   Nemušk draũgo, mùšk kamuoliùką. - Don't hit your friend, hit a ball.

   Kìlus áudrai, bañgos mùša į mòlą. ― When a storm comes up, the waves bash against the pier.

2. (transitive) fight off, fight back (send an opponent into retreat)

   Bolševikai mùšė lénkus ir̃ sliñko į Váršuvą. ― The Bolsheviks fought back the Poles as they crept into Warsaw.

3. (transitive, cooking) pound, tenderize (of meat)
4. (intransitive) beat, throb, pulsate (of the heart)

   Širdìs mùša 90 kar̃tų per̃ minùtę. ― My heart is beating at 90 beats per minute.

5. (intransitive) strike, chime (of clocks)

   Laĩkrodis mùša peñktą vãlandą vãkaro. - The clock strikes 5 p.m.

6. (intransitive, shooting) shoot

   šautùvas tiksliaĩ mùša. ― The gun shoots accurately.

7. (transitive, sports) score a goal
8. (intransitive) burst out, erupt; rush

   Kaĩ àš stóviu añt galvõs, kraũjas mùša mán į gálvą. ― Blood rushes to my head when I stand on my head.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to hit): daužyti, dobti, kalti, plakti, smogti, suduoti, trenkti
• (to pulsate): plakti, pulsuoti, tvinkčioti
• (to shoot): šauti

Derived terms

See also

• (to hit): varyti

References