veikti
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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“overcome”), with semantic shift "overcome, conquer" > "achieve, work". Cognate with Latvian vèikt.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
veĩkti (third-person present tense veĩkia, third-person past tense veĩkė)[2]
Conjugation
Conjugation of veikti
| 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) |
veikiù | veikì | veĩkia | veĩkiame, veĩkiam |
veĩkiate, veĩkiat |
veĩkia | |
| past (būtasis kartinis laikas) |
veikiaũ | veikeĩ | veĩkė | veĩkėme, veĩkėm |
veĩkėte, veĩkėt |
veĩkė | ||
| past frequentative (būtasis dažninis laikas) |
veĩkdavau | veĩkdavai | veĩkdavo | veĩkdavome, veĩkdavom |
veĩkdavote, veĩkdavot |
veĩkdavo | ||
| future (būsimasis laikas) |
veĩksiu | veĩksi | veĩks | veĩksime, veĩksim |
veĩksite, veĩksit |
veĩks | ||
| subjunctive (tariamoji nuosaka) |
veĩkčiau | veĩktum | veĩktų | veĩktumėme, veĩktumėm, veĩktume |
veĩktumėte, veĩktumėt |
veĩktų | ||
| imperative (liepiamoji nuosaka) |
— | veĩk, veĩki |
teveĩkia | veĩkime, veĩkim |
veĩkite, veĩkit |
teveĩkia | ||
Participles of veikti
| Adjectival (dalyviai) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| active | passive | ||
| present | veĩkiąs, veĩkiantis | veĩkiamas | |
| past | veĩkęs | veĩktas | |
| past frequentative | veĩkdavęs | — | |
| future | veĩksiąs, veĩksiantis | veĩksimas | |
| participle of necessity | — | veĩktinas | |
| Adverbial | |||
| special (pusdalyvis) | veĩkdamas | ||
| half-participle (padalyviai) |
present | veĩkiant | |
| past | veĩkus | ||
| past frequentative | veĩkdavus | ||
| future | veĩksiant | ||
| manner of action (būdinys) | veiktè, veĩktinai | ||
Derived terms
Derived terms
Related terms
- vỹkti (“to go, happen”)
References
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “veĩkti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 494
- ^ “veikti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024