kovoti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Related to káuti (“murder, beat, hew, (refl.) fight”), kovà (“struggle, fight”).[1]

Verb

kovóti (third-person present tense kovója, third-person past tense kovójo)

  1. to fight
  2. to compete
  3. to strive (for, against)

Conjugation

Conjugation of kovoti
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
 kovóju kovóji kovója kovójame,
kovójam 		kovójate,
kovójat 		kovója
past
būtasis kartinis
laikas
 kovójau kovójai kovójo kovójome,
kovójom 		kovójote,
kovójot 		kovójo
past frequentative
būtasis dažninis
laikas
 kovódavau kovódavai kovódavo kovódavome,
kovódavom 		kovódavote,
kovódavot 		kovódavo
future
būsimasis laikas
 kovósiu kovósi kovós kovósime,
kovósim 		kovósite,
kovósit 		kovós
subjunctive
tariamoji nuosaka
 kovóčiau kovótum,
kovótumei 		kovótų kovótumėme,
kovótumėm,
kovótume 		kovótumėte,
kovótumėt 		kovótų
imperative
liepiamoji nuosaka
 — kovók,
kovóki 		tekovója,
tekovójie 		kovókime,
kovókim 		kovókite,
kovókit 		tekovója,
tekovójie
Participles of kovoti
adjectival (dalyviai)
active passive
present kovójąs, kovójantis kovójamas
past kovójęs kovótas
past frequentative kovódavęs —
future kovósiąs, kovósiantis kovósimas
participle of necessity — kovótinas
adverbial
special pusdalyvis kovódamas
half-participle
padalyviai
 present kovójant
past kovójus
past frequentative kovódavus
future kovósiant
manner of action būdinys kovóte, kovótinai

Derived terms

  • kovójimas (“fighting”)
  • kovótojas (“fighter”)

References

  1. ^ “kovà” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 597 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).

Further reading

  • “kovoti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
  • “kovoti”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2025
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