statyti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand”). Cognate with Latvian statît (“to place”), Old Prussian preistattinnimai; also related to Ancient Greek στατός (statós, “standing”), Latin status.

Verb

statýti (third-person present tense stãto, third-person past tense stãtė)

1. (transitive) to erect, place upright

   statyti stulpą ― to erect a pole

2. (transitive) to put, place, position

   statyti žvakę ant stalo ― to place a candle on a table

3. (transitive) to construct, build

   statyti namą ― to build a house

Conjugation

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Related terms

prefixed forms of statyti

• apstatýti
• atstatýti
• nustatýti
• pastatýti
• perstatýti
• pristatýti
• sustatýti
• užstatýti

Further reading

• “statyti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
• “statyti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
• Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “statýti”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 897