tapti

See also: Tapti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *taptéi (“to be molded; to become”). Cognate with Latvian tapt; see there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ɐpʲtʲɪ]

Verb

tàpti (third-person present tense tam̃pa, third-person past tense tãpo)

1. to become, get; to turn into (role, profession, state or quality) [with instrumental]

   Synonyms: darytis, virsti

   Màno sesuõ nóri tàpti slaugýtoja. ― My sister wants to become a nurse.

   Dabar̃ táu vi̇̀skas tàps áišku. ― Now everything will become clear to you.

Conjugation

Conjugation of tapti

		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	tampù	tampi̇̀	tam̃pa		tam̃pame, tam̃pam	tam̃pate, tam̃pat	tam̃pa
	past būtasis kartinis laikas	tapaũ	tapai̇̃	tãpo		tãpome, tãpom	tãpote, tãpot	tãpo
	past frequentative būtasis dažninis laikas	tàpdavau	tàpdavai	tàpdavo		tàpdavome, tàpdavom	tàpdavote, tàpdavot	tàpdavo
	future būsimasis laikas	tàpsiu	tàpsi	tàps		tàpsime, tàpsim	tàpsite, tàpsit	tàps
subjunctive tariamoji nuosaka		tàpčiau	tàptum, tàptumei	tàptų		tàptumėme, tàptumėm, tàptume	tàptumėte, tàptumėt	tàptų
imperative liepiamoji nuosaka		—	tàpk, tàpki	tetam̃pa, tetam̃pie		tàpkime, tàpkim	tàpkite, tàpkit	tetam̃pa, tetam̃pie

Participles of tapti

adjectival (dalyviai) active passive present tam̃pąs, tam̃pantis tam̃pamas past tãpęs tàptas past frequentative tàpdavęs — future tàpsiąs, tàpsiantis tàpsimas participle of necessity — tàptinas adverbial special pusdalyvis tàpdamas half-participle padalyviai present tam̃pant past tãpus past frequentative tàpdavus future tàpsiant manner of action būdinys tàpte, tàptinai

Further reading

• “tapti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2025