dobti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *dā́ˀbtei.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdôːpʲtʲɪ/

Verb

dóbti (third-person present tense dóbia, third-person past tense dóbė) (colloquial)

  1. (transitive) to smash, to hit, to beat[1]
  2. (transitive) to defeat, to kill[1]

Conjugation

Conjugation of dobti
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 dóbiu dóbi dóbia dóbiame,
dóbiam
dóbiate,
dóbiat
dóbia
past dóbiau dóbei dóbė dóbėme,
dóbėm
dóbėte,
dóbėt
dóbė
past frequentative dóbdavau dóbdavai dóbdavo dóbdavome,
dóbdavom
dóbdavote,
dóbdavot
dóbdavo
future dóbsiu dóbsi dóbs dóbsime,
dóbsim
dóbsite,
dóbsit
dóbs
subjunctive dóbčiau dóbtum dóbtų dóbtumėme,
dóbtumėm,
dóbtume
dóbtumėte,
dóbtumėt
dóbtų
imperative dóbk,
dóbki
tedóbia dóbkime,
dóbkim
dóbkite,
dóbkit
tedóbia
Participles of dobti
adjectival (dalyviai)
active passive
present dóbiąs, dóbiantis dóbiamas
past dóbęs dóbtas
past frequentative dóbdavęs
future dóbsiąs, dóbsiantis dóbsimas
participle of necessity dóbtinas
adverbial
special pusdalyvis dóbdamas
half-participle present dóbiant
past dóbus
past frequentative dóbdavus
future dóbsiant
manner of action būdinys dóbte, dóbtinai

Synonyms

Derived terms

nouns
  • dobi̇̀mas (action noun)
  • dóbstis (resultant noun)
verbs
  • apdobti
  • nudobti
  • padobti
  • perdobti
  • pridobti
  • uždobti

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
  • dobti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
  • dobti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “dobti”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 99