ganyti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gan(e)itei; compare Latvian ganît (“to herd”), Proto-Slavic *gonìti (“to chase”), Russian гони́ть (gonítʹ, “to persecute”), Polish gonić (“to chase”). From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-, *gʷʰon- (“to strike, to slay”); Ancient Greek θείνω (theínō, “to kill”), Sanskrit हन्ति (hánti, “to slay”). Related to giñti (“to herd, to drive”); see for more.

Verb

ganýti (third-person present tense gãno, third-person past tense gãnė)

  1. (transitive, of animals) to herd, drive
  2. (transitive, of animals) feed, let eat, graze, pasture
  3. (transitive) take care of, look after, supervise, attend
  4. (transitive, religion) guide along the path of faith

Conjugation

dalyviai of ganyti
active passive
present gãnąs, gãnantis gãnomas
past gãnęs ganýtas
past frequentative ganýdavęs —
future ganýsiąs, ganýsiantis ganýsimas
participle of necessity — ganýtinas
pusdalyvis of ganyti
active
special adverbial participle ganýdamas
padalyviai of ganyti
active
present adverbial gãnant
past adverbial gãnius
past frequentative adverbial ganýdavus
future adverbial ganýsiant

Derived terms

  • ginti
  • genėti
  • genys
  • (possibly) ganėti, gana
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