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
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singular
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dual
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plural
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| 1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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| az
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tu
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je/ja/jå
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muvi
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juvi
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jova/jėvi
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mū
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jū
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jie/jo
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| Indicative
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Present
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sviẽťå
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sviẽťesi
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sviẽťe
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sviťèva
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sviťèta
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sviťète
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sviťemà
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sviťetè
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sviťą͂
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| Past
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svė̃ťuo
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svė̃ťei
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svė̃ťė
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sviťė͂vė
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sviťė͂ta
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sviťė͂te
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sviťomè
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sviťėtè
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sviťę͂
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| Imperative
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—
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svieťì
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(ãti) sviẽťe
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svieťíeva
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svieťíeta
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svieťíete
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svieťiemà
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svieťietè
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(ãti) svieťą͂
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| Infinitive
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svìsti
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| Supine
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svìstų
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| Participles
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Active
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Active (short)
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Passive
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| Present
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svė̃ťąťe
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svė̃ťą
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sviťàme
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| Past
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svė̃ťevu
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sviẽťą
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svė̃ťune
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| Perfective
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sviťlù
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—
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svìste
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| Continuous
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svė̃ťevušu
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—
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sviťą̃ťu
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| Frequentative
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sviťáują
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—
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sviťáute
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| Participles
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Active
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Passive
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| Present adverbial
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svė̃ťątau
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svė̃ťamau
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| Past adverbial
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svė̃ťuvau
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svė̃ťanau
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| Participles
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| Necessitative
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sviťįtìni
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| Conditional
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sviẽťęťi
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