Contionary:svisti
Pomorian
Alternative forms
- svitėti - imperfective infinitive form, often used instead of svisti.
- švysti - Central dialects
- svȳsti - Eastern dialects
Etymology
From Old Pomorian swistei/sweitītei. From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śweit-, compare to Lithuanian šviẽsti, Old Prussian swāikstētwei, Proto-Slavic *svьtěti.
Pronunciation
/ˈsʋɪ̀.stɪ/
Verb
svìsti 1st conjugation (irregular) (third-person present tense sviẽťe)
- to shine
- suolna jėskunė svieťe - the sun shines brightly
- vecerdienė juo lampa svėťė - yesterday a lamp was still shining
Conjugation
| 1st conjugation C | ||||||||||
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| Verb forms | singular | dual | plural | |||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| az | tu | je/ja/jå | muvi | juvi | jova/jėvi | mū | jū | jie/jo | ||
| Indicative | Present | sviẽťå | sviẽťesi | sviẽťe | sviťèva | sviťèta | sviťète | sviťemà | sviťetè | sviťą͂ |
| Past | svė̃ťuo | svė̃ťei | svė̃ťė | sviťė͂vė | sviťė͂ta | sviťė͂te | sviťomè | sviťėtè | sviťę͂ | |
| Imperative | — | svieťì | (ãti) sviẽťe | svieťíeva | svieťíeta | svieťíete | svieťiemà | svieťietè | (ãti) svieťą͂ | |
| Infinitive | svìsti | |||||||||
| Supine | svìstų | |||||||||
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