ginti

See also: ģintī and ģinti

Aromanian

Noun

ginti f

  1. Alternative form of gintã

Lithuanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-.[1]

Cognate with Latvian dzīt,[1] Old Prussian guntwei,[1] Polish gnać (to rush),[1][2] Ancient Greek θείνω (theínō, to kill)[1] and Sanskrit हन्ति (hánti, to slay).[1] See also ganýti (to graze).

Pronunciation

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Verb

giñti (third-person present tense gẽna, third-person past tense gìnė) [3]

  1. (transitive) to drive (especially animals)
  2. to chase
Conjugation
Synonyms
  • (to drive): varyti
  • (to chase): vyti
Derived terms
  • (verbal noun) ginimas m
  • gainioti
    • (reflexive) gainiotis

Participle

gintì m (past passive)

  1. nominative masculine plural of giñtas

Pronunciation

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Verb

gìnti (third-person present tense gìna, third-person past tense gýnė) [4]

  1. (transitive) to defend[5]
  2. to prohibit
Conjugation
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • (Noun) gyna f

Participle

gintì m (past passive)

  1. nominative masculine plural of gìntas

References

  1. Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 197
  2. Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “gnać”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 146
  3. “giñti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  4. “gìnti” in Balčikonis, op. cit.
  5. “ginti” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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