nykti
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Lithuanian
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian nikt (“to suffer; to wear out”), as well as Proto-Slavic *niknǫti (“to droop, wilt”) (though not to the latter in the sense of "to arise"); see the Proto-Slavic for more.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
nỹkti (third-person present tense nỹksta, third-person past tense nỹko)
Conjugation
Conjugation of nykti
| 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) |
nykstù | nykstì | nỹksta | nỹkstame, nỹkstam |
nỹkstate, nỹkstat |
nỹksta | |
| past (būtasis kartinis laikas) |
nykaũ | nykaĩ | nỹko | nỹkome, nỹkom |
nỹkote, nỹkot |
nỹko | ||
| past frequentative (būtasis dažninis laikas) |
nỹkdavau | nỹkdavai | nỹkdavo | nỹkdavome, nỹkdavom |
nỹkdavote, nỹkdavot |
nỹkdavo | ||
| future (būsimasis laikas) |
nỹksiu | nỹksi | nỹks | nỹksime, nỹksim |
nỹksite, nỹksit |
nỹks | ||
| subjunctive (tariamoji nuosaka) |
nỹkčiau | nỹktum, nỹktumei |
nỹktų | nỹktumėme, nỹktumėm, nỹktume |
nỹktumėte, nỹktumėt |
nỹktų | ||
| imperative (liepiamoji nuosaka) |
— | nỹk, nỹki |
tenỹksta, tenỹkstie |
nỹkime, nỹkim |
nỹkite, nỹkit |
tenỹksta, tenỹkstie | ||
Participles of nykti
| Adjectival (dalyviai) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| active | passive | ||
| present | nỹkstąs, nỹkstantis | nỹkstamas | |
| past | nỹkęs | nỹktas | |
| past frequentative | nỹkdavęs | — | |
| future | nỹksiąs, nỹksiantis | nỹksimas | |
| participle of necessity | — | nỹktinas | |
| Adverbial | |||
| special (pusdalyvis) | nỹkdamas | ||
| half-participle (padalyviai) |
present | nỹkstant | |
| past | nỹkus | ||
| past frequentative | nỹkdavus | ||
| future | nỹksiant | ||
| manner of action (būdinys) | nỹkte, nỹktinai | ||
Derived terms
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “nỹkti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 425-6