pūsti

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See also: puști

Latvian

Verb

pūsti

  1. inflection of pūt:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Adjective

pūsti

  1. nominative plural masculine of pūsts

Adverb

pūsti

  1. adverbial form of pūsts

Participle

pūsti

  1. nominative plural masculine of pūsts

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *p(o)ut- (which appears to be sound-symbolic), with seemingly no cognates outside of Baltic. Perhaps cognate with Latvian pūst (to blow).[1]

Pronunciation 1

Verb

pū̃sti (third-person present tense pùčia, third-person past tense pū̃tė) [2]

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to blow
    Vėjas pučia. - Wind blows.
    stiklą pūsti[2] - to blow glass
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Pronunciation 2

Participle

pūstì m (past passive)

  1. nominative masculine plural of pūstas

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “pū̃sti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 373
  2. 2.0 2.1 “pūsti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.