naršyti
Lithuanian
Etymology
Related to neršti (“to spawn (of fish)”). Semantic development was likely "multitude of fish swimming downstream" → "ransack" → "rummage" → "browse". There is also a sense "to be angry" of neršti, but this is from a different etymology.
Verb
naršýti (third-person present tense nar̃šo, third-person past tense nar̃šė)
Conjugation
| singular vienaskaita | plural daugiskaita | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| aš | tu | jis/ji | mes | jūs | jie/jos | |||
| indicative | present | naršaũ | naršai̇̃ | nar̃šo | nar̃šome, nar̃šom |
nar̃šote, nar̃šot |
nar̃šo | |
| past | naršiaũ | naršei̇̃ | nar̃šė | nar̃šėme, nar̃šėm |
nar̃šėte, nar̃šėt |
nar̃šė | ||
| past frequentative | naršýdavau | naršýdavai | naršýdavo | naršýdavome, naršýdavom |
naršýdavote, naršýdavot |
naršýdavo | ||
| future | naršýsiu | naršýsi | naršỹs | naršýsime, naršýsim |
naršýsite, naršýsit |
naršỹs | ||
| subjunctive | naršýčiau | naršýtum, naršýtumei |
naršýtų | naršýtumėme, naršýtumėm, naršýtume |
naršýtumėte, naršýtumėt |
naršýtų | ||
| imperative | — | naršýk, naršýki |
tenar̃šo, tenar̃šai |
naršýkime, naršýkim |
naršýkite, naršýkit |
tenar̃šo, tenar̃šai | ||
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Derived terms
- naršyklė (“web browser”)
Further reading
- “naršyti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025
- Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “ner̃šti”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pages 494—495