žibėti
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źibḗˀtei, cognate with Latvian zibēt (“to shine”), and further related to Latvian zibt (“to sparkle”), Latvian zibens (“lightning”). Further origin outside of Baltic unclear;[1] the root hypothetically traces back to a Proto-Indo-European *ǵ⁽ʰ⁾e(y)b⁽ʰ⁾-, with no certain non-Baltic cognates. Fraenkel suggests cognacy with Proto-Germanic *kaibaz (“fierce, lively”);[2] note also potential formal and semantic similarities with Persian زیبیدَن (zibidan, “to adorn, embellish”).
By surface analysis, from the zero-grade of žiẽbti (“to light (a match, lamp, etc.); to strike, rush; to wear clothes”).[3]
Pronunciation
Verb
žibė́ti (third-person present tense ži̇̀ba, third-person past tense žibė́jo)[4]
Conjugation
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Derived terms
- atžibė́ti
- išžibė́ti
- įžibė́ti
- nužibė́ti
- paržibė́ti
- pažibė́ti
- péržibėti
- pražibė́ti
- prižibė́ti
- sužibė́ti
- užžibė́ti
Related terms
- žiẽbti (“to ignite, to start fire”)
- žai̇̃bas (“lightning”)
- ži̇̀bas, žỹbas (“glow”)
- žibintas (“a lantern”)
References
- ^ “žibėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- ^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “žibė́ti”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 1304
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “žiẽbti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 780-1
- ^ “žibėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025