dumti

Lithuanian

Etymology

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

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
    Užsi̇̀degė 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

Conjugation of dumti
singular vienaskaita plural daugiskaita
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
tu jis/ji mes jūs jie/jos
indicative present dumiù dumi̇̀ dùmia dùmiame,
dùmiam
dùmiate,
dùmiat
dùmia
past dū́miau dū́mei dū́mė dū́mėme,
dùmiom
dū́mėte,
dùmiot
dū́mė
past frequentative dùmdavau dùmdavai dùmdavo dùmdavome,
dùmdavom
dùmdavote,
dùmdavot
dùmdavo
future dùmsiu dùmsi dum̃s dùmsime,
dùmsim
dùmsite,
dùmsit
dum̃s
subjunctive dùmčiau dùmtum dùmtų dùmtumėme,
dùmtumėm,
dùmtume
dùmtumėte,
dùmtumėt
dùmtų
imperative dùmk,
dùmki
tedùmia dùmkime,
dùmkim
dùmkite,
dùmkit
tedùmia
Participles of dumti
adjectival (dalyviai)
active passive
present dùmiąs, dùmiantis dùmiomas
past dū́męs dùmtas
past frequentative dùmdavęs
future dùmsiąs, dùmsiantis dùmsimas
participle of necessity dùmtinas
adverbial
special pusdalyvis dùmdamas
half-participle present dùmiant
past dū́mus
past frequentative dùmdavus
future dùmsiant
manner of action būdinys dùmte, dùmtinai

Derived terms

verbs
  • apdumti
  • atidumti
  • išdumti
  • padumti
  • pridumti
  • uždumti
  • dūmi̇̀mas m (verbal noun)

Participle

dumti̇̀ m (past passive)

  1. nominative masculine plural of dumtas

References

  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, 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