geibti

Lithuanian

Alternative forms

  • gỹbti

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *geybʰ- (“to skew, to crook, to split”), cognate with Latvian gìbt (“to subside, to sink”), Proto-Germanic *kībaną (“to quarrel”).

Verb

gei̇̃bti (third-person present tense gei̇̃bsta, third-person past tense gei̇̃bo)

  1. (originally) to decline
    Synonym: mažė́ti
  2. (intransitive) to wane, to fade away
    Synonyms: nỹkti, lei̇̃pti
  3. (intransitive, figurative) to get worse

Conjugation

Conjugation of geibti
singular vienaskaita plural daugiskaita
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
aš tu jis/ji mes jūs jie/jos
indicative
tiesioginė
nuosaka
 present
esamasis laikas
 geibstù geibsti̇̀ gei̇̃bsta gei̇̃bstame,
gei̇̃bstam 		gei̇̃bstate,
gei̇̃bstat 		gei̇̃bsta
past
būtasis kartinis
laikas
 geibaũ geibai̇̃ gei̇̃bo gei̇̃bome,
gei̇̃bom 		gei̇̃bote,
gei̇̃bot 		gei̇̃bo
past frequentative
būtasis dažninis
laikas
 gei̇̃bdavau gei̇̃bdavai gei̇̃bdavo gei̇̃bdavome,
gei̇̃bdavom 		gei̇̃bdavote,
gei̇̃bdavot 		gei̇̃bdavo
future
būsimasis laikas
 gei̇̃bsiu gei̇̃bsi gei̇̃bs gei̇̃bsime,
gei̇̃bsim 		gei̇̃bsite,
gei̇̃bsit 		gei̇̃bs
subjunctive
tariamoji nuosaka
 gei̇̃bčiau gei̇̃btum,
gei̇̃btumei 		gei̇̃btų gei̇̃btumėme,
gei̇̃btumėm,
gei̇̃btume 		gei̇̃btumėte,
gei̇̃btumėt 		gei̇̃btų
imperative
liepiamoji nuosaka
 — gei̇̃bk,
gei̇̃bki 		tegei̇̃bsta,
tegei̇̃bstie 		gei̇̃bkime,
gei̇̃bkim 		gei̇̃bkite,
gei̇̃bkit 		tegei̇̃bsta,
tegei̇̃bstie
Participles of geibti
adjectival (dalyviai)
active passive
present gei̇̃bstąs, gei̇̃bstantis gei̇̃bstamas
past gei̇̃bęs gei̇̃btas
past frequentative gei̇̃bdavęs —
future gei̇̃bsiąs, gei̇̃bsiantis gei̇̃bsimas
participle of necessity — gei̇̃btinas
adverbial
special pusdalyvis gei̇̃bdamas
half-participle
padalyviai
 present gei̇̃bstant
past gei̇̃bus
past frequentative gei̇̃bdavus
future gei̇̃bsiant
manner of action būdinys gei̇̃bte, gei̇̃btinai

Derived terms

  • apgeibti
  • išgeibti
  • nugeibti
  • sugeibti
  • gai̇̃šti (“to linger, to dwindle”)
  • gi̇̀bras (“wicked, evil”)

References

  • “geibti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • “geibti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
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