semti
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *semH- (“to scoop, draw”).[1] Cognate with Latin sentīna (“bilgewater, bilge (of a ship)”), Proto-Celtic *semeti (“to pour”), and possibly Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́μη (ắmē, “shovel; pail”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsʲæ̂ːmʲtʲɪ/
Verb
sémti (third-person present tense sẽmia, third-person past tense sė́mė)
Conjugation
| singular vienaskaita | plural daugiskaita | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| aš | tu | jis/ji | mes | jūs | jie/jos | |||
| indicative | present | semiù | semi̇̀ | sẽmia | sẽmiame, sẽmiam |
sẽmiate, sẽmiat |
sẽmia | |
| past | sė́miau | sė́mei | sė́mė | sė́mėme, sẽmiom |
sė́mėte, sẽmiot |
sė́mė | ||
| past frequentative | sémdavau | sémdavai | sémdavo | sémdavome, sémdavom |
sémdavote, sémdavot |
sémdavo | ||
| future | sémsiu | sémsi | sẽms | sémsime, sémsim |
sémsite, sémsit |
sẽms | ||
| subjunctive | sémčiau | sémtum | sémtų | sémtumėme, sémtumėm, sémtume |
sémtumėte, sémtumėt |
sémtų | ||
| imperative | — | sémk, sémki |
tesẽmia | sémkime, sémkim |
sémkite, sémkit |
tesẽmia | ||
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Related terms
- samtis (“ladle”)
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “sémti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language][1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, pages 542-3
Turkish
Noun
semti
- definite singular accusative of semt