žasti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Related to žadė́ti (“to promise”); the underlying root is of uncertain origin. According to Blažek, it may be from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂dʰ- (“to rejoice”), and be cognate with Ancient Greek γηθέω (gēthéō, “to rejoice, triumph”), Tocharian B kātk- (“id”), Latin gaudeō (“id”) (note that the Proto-Indo-European root is usually reconstructed with a *g, rather than a palatal *ǵ). However, this derivation fails to explain the underlying short vowel, and is, on balance, semantically rather weak.

Verb

žàsti (third-person present tense žañda, third-person past tense žãdo)

1. (archaic) to say

Conjugation

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Derived terms

prefixed forms of žàsti

• atžàsti (“to respond”)
• išžàsti (“to pronounce, utter”)
• pažàsti (“to wake up”)
• pražàsti (“to speak, call (someone)”)
• sužàsti (“to wake up; to agree”)

Related terms

• žadė́ti
• žõdis