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)

  1. to shine
    suolna jėskunė svieťe - the sun shines brightly
    vecerdienė juo lampa svėťė - yesterday a lamp was still shining

Conjugation

1st conjugation C
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 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
Participles Active Active (short) Passive
Present svė̃ťąťe svė̃ťą sviťàme
Past svė̃ťevu sviẽťą svė̃ťune
Perfective sviťlù svìste
Continuous svė̃ťevušu sviťą̃ťu
Frequentative sviťáują sviťáute
Participles Active Passive
Present adverbial svė̃ťątau svė̃ťamau
Past adverbial svė̃ťuvau svė̃ťanau
Participles
Necessitative sviťįtìni
Conditional sviẽťęťi