geibti

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Lithuanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *geybʰ- (to skew, to crook, to split), cognate with Latvian gìbt (to subside, to sink), Proto-Germanic *kībaną (to quarrel).

Verb

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geĩbti (third-person present tense gei̇̃bsta, third-person past tense gei̇̃bo)

  1. (originally) to decline
    Synonym: mažė́ti
  2. (intransitive) to wane, to fade away
    Synonyms: nỹkti, leĩpti
  3. (intransitive, figurative) to get worse

Conjugation

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This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

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References

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  • geibti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • geibti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024