gąsti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From an earlier *gand-stu, a formation from gandė́tis (to fear).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaːsʲ.tʲɪ/

Verb

gą̃sti (third-person present tense gą̃sta, third-person past tense gañdo)

  1. (uncommon) to suddenly panic and get scared, feel fear, be afraid

Usage notes

Rare in modern usage by itself. Usually used in one of its prefixed forms, made up of a prefix + -si-.

Declension

Conjugation of gąsti
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 gąstù gąsti̇̀ gą̃sta gą̃stame,
gą̃stam
gą̃state,
gą̃stat
gą̃sta
past gandaũ gandai̇̃ gañdo gañdome,
gañdom
gañdote,
gañdot
gañdo
past frequentative gą̃sdavau gą̃sdavai gą̃sdavo gą̃sdavome,
gą̃sdavom
gą̃sdavote,
gą̃sdavot
gą̃sdavo
future gą̃siu gą̃si gą̃s gą̃sime,
gą̃sim
gą̃site,
gą̃sit
gą̃s
subjunctive gą̃sčiau gą̃stum,
gą̃stumei
gą̃stų gą̃stumėme,
gą̃stumėm,
gą̃stume
gą̃stumėte,
gą̃stumėt
gą̃stų
imperative gą̃sk,
gą̃ski
tegą̃sta,
tegą̃stie
gą̃skime,
gą̃skim
gą̃skite,
gą̃skit
tegą̃sta,
tegą̃stie
Participles of gąsti
adjectival (dalyviai)
active passive
present gą̃stąs, gą̃stantis gą̃stamas
past gañdęs gą̃stas
past frequentative gą̃sdavęs
future gą̃siąs, gą̃siantis gą̃simas
participle of necessity gą̃stinas
adverbial
special pusdalyvis gą̃sdamas
half-participle present gą̃stant
past gañdus
past frequentative gą̃sdavus
future gą̃siant
manner of action būdinys gą̃ste, gą̃stinai

Derived terms

  • apgą̃sti
  • išgą̃sti
  • pérsigąsti (to be frightened)

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “gandė́tis”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 156