dalyti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (to split). Cognate with Latvian dalît (to divide, share), Old Prussian dellieis ((imperative 2nd singular) share!), Proto-Slavic *odolě̀ti (to overcome, defeat).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [d̪ɐˈlʲiː.tʲɪ]

Verb

dalýti (third-person present tense dali̇̀ja, third-person past tense dali̇̀jo)

  1. to divide, distribute

Declension

Conjugation of dalyti
singular vienaskaita plural daugiskaita
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
tu jis/ji mes jūs jie/jos
indicative present dalijù daliji̇̀ dali̇̀ja dali̇̀jame,
dali̇̀jam
dali̇̀jate,
dali̇̀jat
dali̇̀ja
past dalijaũ dalijai̇̃ dali̇̀jo dali̇̀jome,
dali̇̀jom
dali̇̀jote,
dali̇̀jot
dali̇̀jo
past frequentative dalýdavau dalýdavai dalýdavo dalýdavome,
dalýdavom
dalýdavote,
dalýdavot
dalýdavo
future dalýsiu dalýsi dalýs dalýsime,
dalýsim
dalýsite,
dalýsit
dalýs
subjunctive dalýčiau dalýtum,
dalýtumei
dalýtų dalýtumėme,
dalýtumėm,
dalýtume
dalýtumėte,
dalýtumėt
dalýtų
imperative dalýk,
dalýki
tedali̇̀ja,
tedali̇̀jie
dalýkime,
dalýkim
dalýkite,
dalýkit
tedali̇̀ja,
tedali̇̀jie
Participles of dalyti
adjectival (dalyviai)
active passive
present dali̇̀jąs, dali̇̀jantis dali̇̀jamas
past dali̇̀jęs dalýtas
past frequentative dalýdavęs
future dalýsiąs, dalýsiantis dalýsimas
participle of necessity dalýtinas
adverbial
special pusdalyvis dalýdamas
half-participle present dali̇̀jant
past dali̇̀jus
past frequentative dalýdavus
future dalýsiant
manner of action būdinys dalýte, dalýtinai

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “dalyti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 114