gąsti
Lithuanian
editEtymology
editFrom an earlier *gand-stu, a formation from gandė́tis (“to fear”).[1]
Pronunciation
editVerb
editgą̃sti (third-person present tense gą̃sta, third-person past tense gañdo)
Usage notes
editRare in modern usage by itself. Usually used in one of its prefixed forms, made up of a prefix + -si-.
Declension
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Derived terms
edit- apgą̃sti
- išgą̃sti
- pérsigąsti (“to be frightened”)
References
edit- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “gandė́tis”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 156