gimti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *gim-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥-, the zero grade form of *gʷem- (“to go, to come, to step”), with semantic shift "to come (into the world)" > "to be born"; note that the word does not seem to descend from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to give birth, produce”) (the usual "born" root in Indo-European), and in fact, the latter root may not be attested in Balto-Slavic, with Proto-Balto-Slavic *źénˀtas (“son-in-law, relative”) being one of, if not the, only possible descendants. Compare Latvian dzìmt (“be born”), Old Prussian gemton (“give birth to”), and, outside of Baltic, Sanskrit गच्छति (gácchati, “to go, move”), English come.

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʲɪmʲ.tʲɪ/

Verb

gìmti (third-person present tense gìmsta, third-person past tense gìmė)

1. (intransitive) to be born

Conjugation

Conjugation of gimti

		singular (vienaskaita)				plural (daugiskaita)
		1st person (pirmasis asmuo)	2nd person (antrasis asmuo)	3rd person (trečiasis asmuo)		1st person (pirmasis asmuo)	2nd person (antrasis asmuo)	3rd person (trečiasis asmuo)
		aš	tu	jis/ji		mes	jūs	jie/jos
indicative (tiesioginė nuosaka)	present (esamasis laikas)	gìmstu	gìmsti	gìmsta		gìmstame, gìmstam	gìmstate, gìmstat	gìmsta
	past (būtasis kartinis laikas)	gimiaũ	gimeĩ	gìmė		gìmėme, gìmom	gìmėte, gìmot	gìmė
	past frequentative (būtasis dažninis laikas)	gìmdavau	gìmdavai	gìmdavo		gìmdavome, gìmdavom	gìmdavote, gìmdavot	gìmdavo
	future (būsimasis laikas)	gìmsiu	gìmsi	gìms		gìmsime, gìmsim	gìmsite, gìmsit	gìms
subjunctive (tariamoji nuosaka)		gìmčiau	gìmtum	gìmtų		gìmtumėme, gìmtumėm, gìmtume	gìmtumėte, gìmtumėt	gìmtų
imperative (liepiamoji nuosaka)		—	gìmk, gìmki	tegìmsta		gìmkime, gìmkim	gìmkite, gìmkit	tegìmsta

Participles of gimti

Adjectival (dalyviai)
		active	passive
present		gìmstąs, gìmstantis	gìmstamas
past		gìmęs	gìmtas
past frequentative		gìmdavęs	—
future		gìmsiąs, gìmsiantis	gìmsimas
participle of necessity		—	gìmtinas
Adverbial
special (pusdalyvis)		gìmdamas
half-participle (padalyviai)	present	gìmstant
	past	gìmus
	past frequentative	gìmdavus
	future	gìmsiant
manner of action (būdinys)		gìmte, gìmtinai

Antonyms

• mirti

Derived terms

• (verb) gimdyti
• (verbal noun) gimimas m

Related terms

(verb):

• gaminti

(nouns):

• giminaitis m/giminaitė f
• giminė f

(adjective):

• gimtas

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ɡɪmˈtɪ/

Participle

gimtì m (past passive)

1. nominative masculine plural of gimtas

Adjective

gimtì m

1. nominative masculine plural of gimtas

Further reading

• “gimti” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

Anagrams

• migti