gobti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian gãbtiês (“snatch, grab”). There has been a lot of cross-contamination between phonetically and semantically similar terms, cf. gaũbti (“cover”), glóbti (“embrace”) and gróbti (“grab”), the latter of which is most likely the origin of the acute accentuation in this lemma. The original circumflex can be found in gãbana (“armful”), gabénti (“carry, transport”). This makes projecting a Proto-Balto-Slavic pre-form problematic.

If connected with Latin habeō (“have”), Old Irish gaibid (“take, seize”) then we may suggest a Proto-Indo-European root *gʰeh₁bʰ-. However, in view of the Lithuanian accentuation and Sanskrit गभस्ति (gábhasti-, “hand”), Rick Derksen suggests *gʰabʰ-, with Proto-Indo-European *a. Also compare Proto-Slavic *gabati (“seize”) and *xāpàti (“seize”), which also show unusual phonetic variation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoːpʲtʲɪ/

Verb

góbti (third-person present tense góbia, third-person past tense góbė)

1. cover (up), wrap (up), shroud

   Synonyms: gaubti, siausti, supti

   Senõsios móters gálvą góbia baltà skarẽlė. ― The woman's head was wrapped in a white headscarf.

2. snatch, grab, take

   Synonyms: glemžti, grobti

Declension

Conjugation of gobti

		singular vienaskaita				plural daugiskaita
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
		aš	tu	jis/ji		mes	jūs	jie/jos
indicative tiesioginė nuosaka	present esamasis laikas	góbiu	góbi	góbia		góbiame góbiam	góbiate góbiat	góbia
	past būtasis kartinis laikas	góbiau	góbei	góbė		góbėme góbėm	góbėte góbėt	góbė
	past frequentative būtasis dažninis laikas	góbdavau	góbdavai	góbdavo		góbdavome góbdavom	góbdavote góbdavot	góbdavo
	future būsimasis laikas	góbsiu	góbsi	góbs		góbsime góbsim	góbsite góbsit	góbs
subjunctive tariamoji nuosaka		góbčiau	góbtum	góbtų		góbtumėme góbtumėm góbtume	góbtumėte góbtumėt	góbtų
imperative liepiamoji nuosaka		—	góbk góbki	tegóbia		góbkime góbkim	góbkite góbkit	tegóbia

Participles of gobti

adjectival active passive present góbiąs góbiantis góbiamas past góbęs góbtas past frequentative góbdavęs — future góbsiąs góbsiantis góbsimas participle of necessity — góbtinas adverbial special (pusdalyvis) góbdamas half-participle (padalyviai) present góbiant past góbus past frequentative góbdavus future góbsiant manner of action (būdinys) góbte góbtinai

Derived terms

• gobėti, gobėtis
• gobis, gobimas
• gobstinėti
• gobstyti, gobstytis
• gobšus, gobus
• gobtis, gobimasis
• gobtuvas, gobtuvės

Related terms

• gabalas
• gabana
• gabenti
• gabija
• gebėti