nešti

See also: nesti and nēšti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *neśtei (carry, bring); compare Latvian nest, Proto-Slavic *nestì. From Proto-Indo-European *h₁neḱ- (carry, bring); compare Tocharian B eṅk- (take) < *h₁n̥ḱ-, Ancient Greek ἐνεγκεῖν (enenkeîn, bring) < reduplicated present *h₁ne-h₁n̥ḱ-. This root seems to have frequently been confused with *h₂neḱ- (reach), whence Latin nancīscor.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnʲɛʃ.tʲɪ/

Verb

nèšti (third-person present tense nẽša, third-person past tense nẽšė)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to carry, bring
    Di̇̀džiąją dãlį trasòs tẽko nèšti mažiùką añt rañkų. - I ended up having to carry my little one in my arms for most of the route.
  2. (transitive, with accusative) to obtain
    Pérkelkit bitýną arčiaũ priẽ augalų̃, i̇̀š kurių̃ bi̇̀tės nẽša mẽdų. - Move the apiary closer to the plants where the bees obtain their honey.

Conjugation

Conjugation of nešti
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 nešù neši̇̀ nẽša nẽšame,
nẽšam
nẽšate,
nẽšat
nẽša
past nešiaũ nešei̇̃ nẽšė nẽšėme,
nẽšėm
nẽšėte,
nẽšėt
nẽšė
past frequentative nèšdavau nèšdavai nèšdavo nèšdavome,
nèšdavom
nèšdavote,
nèšdavot
nèšdavo
future nèšiu nèši nèš nèšime,
nèšim
nèšite,
nèšit
nèš
subjunctive nèščiau nèštum nèštų nèštumėme,
nèštumėm,
nèštume
nèštumėte,
nèštumėt
nèštų
imperative nèšk,
nèški
tenẽša nèškime,
nèškim
nèškite,
nèškit
tenẽša
Participles of nešti
adjectival (dalyviai)
active passive
present nẽšąs, nẽšantis nẽšomas
past nẽšęs nèštas
past frequentative nèšdavęs
future nèšiąs, nèšiantis nèšimas
participle of necessity nèštinas
adverbial
special pusdalyvis nèšdamas
half-participle present nẽšant
past nẽšus
past frequentative nèšdavus
future nèšiant
manner of action būdinys neštè, neštinai

Derived terms

(Verbs)

(Nouns)

  • nėščias

References

  1. ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 250