Definify.com

Definition 2025

bėgti

bėgti

Lithuanian

Verb

bė́gti ‎(third-person present tense bė́ga, third-person past tense bė́go)

  1. to run
    bėgsi greitai ar lėtai?
    will you run quickly or slowly?
  2. to hurry
  3. to run away, escape
  4. to pass, elapse
  5. to flow, run

Conjugation

dalyviai of bėgti
active passive
present bė́gąs, bė́gantis bė́gamas
past bė́gęs bė́gtas
past frequentative bė́gdavęs —
future bė́gsiąs, bė́gsiantis bė́gsimas
participle of necessity — bė́gtinas
pusdalyvis of bėgti
active
special adverbial participle bė́gdamas
padalyviai of bėgti
active
present adverbial bė́gant
past adverbial bė́gus
past frequentative adverbial bė́gdavus
future adverbial bė́gsiant
būdinys of bėgti
manner of action participle bė́gte, bė́gtinai

Derived terms

  • apibėgti - to run around
  • atbėgti - to come running
  • įbėgti - to run, rush, flow or storm into
  • išbėgti - to run away
  • nubėgti - to run or flow down
  • pabėgti - to run away, to make off, to break away
  • perbėgti
  • prabėgti - to run past, to slip away
  • pribėgti
  • subėgti
  • užbėgti

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *beˀg-; cognate with Latvian bêgt, Proto-Slavic *bě̋gati ‎(“to flee, run”). From Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- ‎(“run, flee”), with long vowel due to Winter's Law. Cognate with Ancient Greek φέβομαι ‎(phébomai, “flee, take flight”). Possibly also Tocharian A pukäl, Tocharian B pikul ‎(“year”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʲeːk.tʲɪ/

Similar Results