stengti
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sténgtei, from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ-ye-ti, from *stengʷ- (“to push, thrust”), whence Latin stinguō (“to put out”) and English stink.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Verb
sténgti (third-person present tense sténgia, third-person past tense sténgė)
- to be able, make an effort
- to oppose
Declension
| 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 | present | sténgiu | sténgi | sténgia | sténgiame, sténgiam |
sténgiate, sténgiat |
sténgia | |
| past | sténgiau | sténgei | sténgė | sténgėme, sténgėm |
sténgėte, sténgėt |
sténgė | ||
| past frequentative | sténgdavau | sténgdavai | sténgdavo | sténgdavome, sténgdavom |
sténgdavote, sténgdavot |
sténgdavo | ||
| future | sténgsiu | sténgsi | sténgs | sténgsime, sténgsim |
sténgsite, sténgsit |
sténgs | ||
| subjunctive | sténgčiau | sténgtum | sténgtų | sténgtumėme, sténgtumėm, sténgtume |
sténgtumėte, sténgtumėt |
sténgtų | ||
| imperative | — | sténk, sténki |
testéngia | sténkime, sténkim |
sténkite, sténkit |
testéngia | ||
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Derived terms
- sténgtis (“to endeavor, strive”)
Related terms
- sti̇̀ngti (“to harden, stiffen”)
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “sténgtis”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 601
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “stengti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 427-8