gesti

See also: gestì

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

gesti

  1. inflection of gestar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Esperanto

Etymology

gesto +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

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Verb

gesti (present gestas, past gestis, future gestos, conditional gestus, volitive gestu)

  1. (intransitive) to gesture

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛstɪ

Noun

gesti

  1. indefinite dative singular of gestur
  2. indefinite accusative plural of gestur

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛs.ti/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsti
  • Hyphenation: gè‧sti

Noun

gesti m pl

  1. plural of gesto

Noun

gesti m pl (plural only)

  1. (archaic, plural only) exploits, adventures

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

gestī

  1. inflection of gestus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡʲɛsʲtʲɪ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *g(ʷ)edʰ- (to smell), see also Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬧𐬙𐬌 (gaiṇti, stench), 𐬛𐬎𐬲𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬧𐬙𐬌 (dužgaiṇti, smelling badly), Sogdian 𐼲𐼻𐽂 (ɣnt, stench), Persian گند (gand, stench).[1] Compare the first element of gadinti orą (to fart).

Verb

gèsti (third-person present tense geñda, third-person past tense gẽdo)[2]

  1. (intransitive) to go bad
    1. (to go out of order):
    2. (to rot):[3]
      gedęs medis - a rotten tree
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to go degenerated
    Žmogus, nieko nedirbdamas, genda.[2]
    Without working, a human goes degenerated.
Conjugation
Conjugation of gesti
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 gendù gendi̇̀ geñda geñdame,
geñdam
geñdate,
geñdat
geñda
past gedaũ gedai̇̃ gẽdo gẽdome,
gẽdom
gẽdote,
gẽdot
gẽdo
past frequentative gèsdavau gèsdavai gèsdavo gèsdavome,
gèsdavom
gèsdavote,
gèsdavot
gèsdavo
future gèsiu gèsi gès gèsime,
gèsim
gèsite,
gèsit
gès
subjunctive gèsčiau gèstum,
gèstumei
gèstų gèstumėme,
gèstumėm,
gèstume
gèstumėte,
gèstumėt
gèstų
imperative gèsk,
gèski
tegeñda,
tegeñdie
gèskime,
gèskim
gèskite,
gèskit
tegeñda,
tegeñdie
Participles of gesti
adjectival (dalyviai)
active passive
present geñdąs, geñdantis geñdamas
past gẽdęs gèstas
past frequentative gèsdavęs
future gèsiąs, gèsiantis gèsimas
participle of necessity gèstinas
adverbial
special pusdalyvis gèsdamas
half-participle present geñdant
past gẽdus
past frequentative gèsdavus
future gèsiant
manner of action būdinys gèste, gèstinai
Synonyms
  • (to go bad): dūlėti, pablogėti, pūti
Derived terms
verbs derived from gesti
  • apgesti
  • (diminutive) gedinėti
  • išgesti
  • nugesti
  • pagesti
  • pergesti
  • sugesti

(Nouns)

  • gedimas m

(Verbs)

  • gadinti
See also

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)gʷes-. Cognates include Ancient Greek σβέννῡμι (sbénnūmi, to extinguish),[4] Sanskrit जासयति (jāsáyati, to exhaust), Irish bás (death), and Polish gasić (to extinguish).

Verb

gèsti (third-person present tense gę̃sta, third-person past tense gẽso)

  1. (intransitive) to go out (to go extinguished)
    ugnis gęsta - fire goes out
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to be blurred, to become dim[3]
Conjugation
Conjugation of gesti
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 gęstù gęsti̇̀ gę̃sta gę̃stame,
gę̃stam
gę̃state,
gę̃stat
gę̃sta
past gesaũ gesai̇̃ gẽso gẽsome,
gẽsom
gẽsote,
gẽsot
gẽso
past frequentative gèsdavau gèsdavai gèsdavo gèsdavome,
gèsdavom
gèsdavote,
gèsdavot
gèsdavo
future gèsiu gèsi gès gèsime,
gèsim
gèsite,
gèsit
gès
subjunctive gèsčiau gèstum,
gèstumei
gèstų gèstumėme,
gèstumėm,
gèstume
gèstumėte,
gèstumėt
gèstų
imperative gèsk,
gèski
tegę̃sta,
tegę̃stie
gèskime,
gèskim
gèskite,
gèskit
tegę̃sta,
tegę̃stie
Participles of gesti
adjectival (dalyviai)
active passive
present gę̃stąs, gę̃stantis gę̃stamas
past gẽsęs gèstas
past frequentative gèsdavęs
future gèsiąs, gèsiantis gèsimas
participle of necessity gèstinas
adverbial
special pusdalyvis gèsdamas
half-participle present gę̃stant
past gẽsus
past frequentative gèsdavus
future gèsiant
manner of action būdinys gèste, gèstinai
Synonyms
  • (to go out): blėsti, slopti
Derived terms
verbs derived from gesti
  • apgesti
  • gesinti
  • išgesti
  • prigesti
  • užgesti

(Nouns)

  • gesi̇̀mas m

(Verbs)

  • gesyti
Idioms
  • užgesti kaip žvakė

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “466-467”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 466-467
  2. 2.0 2.1 “gesti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
  4. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1315.

Anagrams

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English guest.

Pronunciation

Noun

gesti class IX (plural gesti class X)

  1. guesthouse