gelbėti

Lithuanian edit

Etymology edit

From older gélbsti +‎ -ėti, akin to Old Prussian galbimai (“to assist”). Further origin unclear. Comparisson has been drawn with Proto-Germanic *helpaną (“to help”).

Verb edit

(standard) gélbėti (third-person present tense gélbėja, third-person past tense gélbėjo)
(dialectally) gelbė́ti (third-person present tense gelbė́ja, third-person past tense gelbė́jo)

(transitive) to save, to rescue
(transitive) to treat, to provide care (to someone in need)
Synonym: gýdyti
(intransitive) to come to someone's rescue

Conjugation edit

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Old Lithuanian evinces for original athematic conjugation.

Derived terms edit

gelbinėti (iterative)
gélbėtojas (“rescuer”)