dumti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dumˀtei,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *dʰemH-.[1]

Cognate with Polish dąć (to blow)[1][2] and Sanskrit धमति (dhámati, to blow).[1][2] See also dùmplės (bellows).

Verb

dùmti (third-person present tense dùmia, third-person past tense dū́mė) [3]

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to blow
    Synonym: pūsti
  2. (transitive) to blow with bellows
    dùmples dùmtito blow bellows
  3. (intransitive) to breathe heavily
  4. (intransitive) to smoke; to puff
    Užsi̇̀degė pýpkę ir̃ dùmia.[3]He / she / they lighted a pipe and is / are smoking.
  5. (intransitive) to rush, tear along[4]
    Synonyms: pūsti, (colloquialism) kurti

Conjugation

Conjugation of dumti
singular vienaskaita plural daugiskaita
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
tu jis/ji mes jūs jie/jos
indicative present dumiu dumi dumia dumiame,
dumiam
dumiate,
dumiat
dumia
past dūmiau dūmei dūmė dūmėme,
dūmėm
dūmėte,
dūmėt
dūmė
past frequentative dumdavau dumdavai dumdavo dumdavome,
dumdavom
dumdavote,
dumdavot
dumdavo
future dumsiu dumsi dums dumsime,
dumsim
dumsite,
dumsit
dums
subjunctive dumčiau dumtum dumtų dumtumėme,
dumtumėm,
dumtume
dumtumėte,
dumtumėt
dumtų
imperative dumk,
dumki
tedumia dumkime,
dumkim
dumkite,
dumkit
tedumia
Participles of dumti
adjectival (dalyviai)
active passive
present dumiąs, dumiantis dumiamas
past dūmęs dumtas
past frequentative dumdavęs
future dumsiąs, dumsiantis dumsimas
participle of necessity dumtinas
adverbial
special pusdalyvis dumdamas
half-participle present dumiant
past dūmus
past frequentative dumdavus
future dumsiant
manner of action būdinys dumte, dumtinai

Derived terms

verbs
  • apdumti
  • atidumti
  • išdumti
  • padumti
  • pridumti
  • uždumti
  • dūmi̇̀mas m (verbal noun)
idioms
  • akis dumti

Participle

dumti̇̀ m (past passive)

  1. nominative masculine plural of dumtas

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 114-115
  2. 2.0 2.1 Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “dąć”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 86
  3. 3.0 3.1 “dumti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  4. ^ “dumti” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN