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ginti

ginti

See also: ģintī and ģinti

Aromanian

Noun

ginti f

  1. Alternative form of gintã

Lithuanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-.[1] Cognate with Latvian dzīt[1], Old Prussian guntwei[1], Polish gnać (to rush)[1][2], Ancient Greek θείνω (theínō, to kill)[1] and Sanskrit हन्ति (hánti, to slay)[1]. See also ganýti (to graze).

Pronunciation

Verb

giñti (third-person present tense gẽna, third-person past tense gìnė) [3]

  1. (transitive) to drive (especially animals)
  2. to chase
Conjugation
Synonyms
  • (to drive): varyti
  • (to chase): vyti
Derived terms
  • (verbal noun) ginimas m
Related terms
  • gainioti
    • (reflexive) gainiotis

Participle

gintì m (past passive)

  1. masculine plural nominative form of giñtas.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Verb

gìnti (third-person present tense gìna, third-person past tense gýnė) [4]

  1. (transitive) to defend[5]
  2. to prohibit
Conjugation
Synonyms
  • (to defend): saugoti, sergėti
  • (to prohibit): drausti
Derived terms
Related terms
  • (Noun) gyna f

Participle

gintì m (past passive)

  1. masculine plural nominative form of gìntas.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ISBN 978 90 04 15504 6, page 197
  2. Brückner, Aleksander (1927), gnać”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, published 1985, page 146
  3. “giñti” in Juozas Balčikonis [et al.] (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  4. “gìnti” in Balčikonis, op. cit.
  5. “ginti” in Victoria Martsinkyavitshute (2012), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian, Seventh printing. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 978-0-7818-0151-5