stengti
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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sténgtei, from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ-ye-ti, from *stengʷ- (“to push, thrust”), whence Latin stinguō (“to put out”) and English stink.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Verb
sténgti (third-person present tense sténgia, third-person past tense sténgė)
- to be able, make an effort
- to oppose
Declension
Conjugation of stengti
| 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) |
sténgiu | sténgi | sténgia | sténgiame, sténgiam |
sténgiate, sténgiat |
sténgia | |
| past (būtasis kartinis laikas) |
sténgiau | sténgei | sténgė | sténgėme, sténgėm |
sténgėte, sténgėt |
sténgė | ||
| past frequentative (būtasis dažninis laikas) |
sténgdavau | sténgdavai | sténgdavo | sténgdavome, sténgdavom |
sténgdavote, sténgdavot |
sténgdavo | ||
| future (būsimasis laikas) |
sténgsiu | sténgsi | sténgs | sténgsime, sténgsim |
sténgsite, sténgsit |
sténgs | ||
| subjunctive (tariamoji nuosaka) |
sténgčiau | sténgtum | sténgtų | sténgtumėme, sténgtumėm, sténgtume |
sténgtumėte, sténgtumėt |
sténgtų | ||
| imperative (liepiamoji nuosaka) |
— | sténk, sténki |
testéngia | sténkime, sténkim |
sténkite, sténkit |
testéngia | ||
Participles of stengti
| Adjectival (dalyviai) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| active | passive | ||
| present | sténgiąs, sténgiantis | sténgiamas | |
| past | sténgęs | sténgtas | |
| past frequentative | sténgdavęs | — | |
| future | sténgsiąs, sténgsiantis | sténgsimas | |
| participle of necessity | — | sténgtinas | |
| Adverbial | |||
| special (pusdalyvis) | sténgdamas | ||
| half-participle (padalyviai) |
present | sténgiant | |
| past | sténgus | ||
| past frequentative | sténgdavus | ||
| future | sténgsiant | ||
| manner of action (būdinys) | sténgte, sténgtinai | ||
Derived terms
- sténgtis (“to endeavor, strive”)
Related terms
- stìngti (“to harden, stiffen”)
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “sténgtis”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 601
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “stengti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 427-8