ginti

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See also: ģintī and ģinti

Aromanian

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Noun

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ginti f

  1. Alternative form of gintã

Lithuanian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-.[1][2]

Cognate with Latvian dzīt,[2] Old Prussian guntwei,[2] Polish gnać (to rush),[2][3] Ancient Greek θείνω (theínō, to kill)[2] and Sanskrit हन्ति (hánti, to slay).[2] See also ganýti (to graze).

Pronunciation

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Audio; giñti:(file)

Verb

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giñti (third-person present tense gẽna, third-person past tense gìnė) [4]

  1. (transitive) to drive (especially animals)
  2. to chase
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Participle

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gintì m (past passive)

  1. nominative masculine plural of giñtas

Etymology 2

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Probably the same as Etymology 1, though the origin of the acute tone is unclear.[5]

Pronunciation

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Audio; gìnti:(file)

Verb

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gìnti (third-person present tense gìna, third-person past tense gýnė) [6]

  1. (transitive) to defend[7]
  2. to prohibit
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Participle

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gintì m (past passive)

  1. nominative masculine plural of gìntas

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “ginti I”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 177
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 197
  3. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “gnać”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 146
  4. ^ “giñti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  5. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “ginti II”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 177-8
  6. ^ “gìnti” in Balčikonis, op. cit.
  7. ^ “ginti” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN