norėti

See also: noreti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Of unclear origin, with various theories proposed:

• Perhaps related to Ancient Greek νωρεῖ (nōreî, “is active”) and thus ἐνεργέω (energéō, “to operate”); if so, then ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”) + *wérǵom (“work”). When weighing both formal and semantic aspects, this is considered most appealing by Derksen.
• According to Smoczynski, from a Proto-Indo-European *neh₂r- (“to fear”), and connected to Hittite [script needed] (naḫḫ-, “to fear, become afraid”). This is semantically unconvincing.
• According to Fraenkel, related to nir̃šti (“rage”) and nar̃tas (“anger”), and thus probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr (“vital energy”). This is semantically feasible, but does not account for the Lithuanian acute tone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɔˈrʲeːtʲɪ]

Verb

norė́ti (third-person present tense nóri, third-person past tense norė́jo)

1. (transitive, with genitive) to want

   Àš norė́čiau pi̇́eno.

   I would like milk.

   Àš nóriu ką̃ nórs vei̇̃kti sù tavimi̇̀.

   I want to do something with you.

Conjugation

Conjugation of norėti

		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	nóriu	nóri	nóri		nórime, nórim	nórite, nórit	nóri
	past būtasis kartinis laikas	norė́jau	norė́jai	norė́jo		norė́jome, norė́jom	norė́jote, norė́jot	norė́jo
	past frequentative būtasis dažninis laikas	norė́davau	norė́davai	norė́davo		norė́davome, norė́davom	norė́davote, norė́davot	norė́davo
	future būsimasis laikas	norė́siu	norė́si	norė́s		norė́sime, norė́sim	norė́site, norė́sit	norė́s
subjunctive tariamoji nuosaka		norė́čiau	norė́tum, norė́tumei	norė́tų		norė́tumėme, norė́tumėm, norė́tume	norė́tumėte, norė́tumėt	norė́tų
imperative liepiamoji nuosaka		—	norė́k, norė́ki	tenóri, tenórie		norė́kime, norė́kim	norė́kite, norė́kit	tenóri, tenórie

Participles of norėti

adjectival (dalyviai) active passive present nórįs, nórintis nórimas past norė́jęs norė́tas past frequentative norė́davęs — future norė́siąs, norė́siantis norė́simas participle of necessity — norė́tinas adverbial special pusdalyvis norė́damas half-participle padalyviai present nórint past norė́jus past frequentative norė́davus future norė́siant manner of action būdinys norė́te, norė́tinai

Synonyms

• geisti

Related terms

• (noun) nóras m

(adverbs):

• noriai
• norom, noromis

References

• “norėti” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN