Lithuanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dumˀtei,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *dʰemH-.[1]

Cognate with Polish dąć (to blow)[1][2] and Sanskrit धमति (dhámati, to blow).[1][2] See also dùmplės (bellows).

Verb edit

dùmti (third-person present tense dùmia, third-person past tense dū́mė) [3]

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to blow
    Synonym: pūsti
  2. (transitive) to blow with bellows
    dùmples dùmtito blow bellows
  3. (intransitive) to breathe heavily
  4. (intransitive) to smoke; to puff
    Užsìdegė pýpkę ir̃ dùmia.[3]He / she / they lighted a pipe and is / are smoking.
  5. (intransitive) to rush, tear along[4]
    Synonyms: pūsti, (colloquialism) kurti

Conjugation edit

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Participle edit

dumtì m (past passive)

  1. nominative masculine plural of dumtas

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, pages 114-115
  2. 2.0 2.1 Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “dąć”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 86
  3. 3.0 3.1 “dumti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  4. ^ “dumti” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN