dėbti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Has been compared with Lithuanian dúoba (“hollow, barn”), Lithuanian dóbti (“to smash, to hit”), Latvian dâbt (“to beat, to strike”).

Possibly related to Proto-Slavic *děbati (“to beat, to knock; to seek advantage”) (whence dialectal Czech debati, Russian дябать (djabatʹ), Bulgarian дябам (djabam)).

Verb

dė̃bti (third-person present tense dė̃bia, third-person past tense dė̃bė)

  1. (dialectal, transitive) to cross, to intercept
  2. (dialectal, intransitive) to support

Derived terms
  • įdė̃bti
  • padė̃bti

References
  • “dėbti” in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė
  • dėbti in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas, lkz.lt
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