statyti

Lithuanian

Etymology

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

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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prefixed forms of statyti
  • apstatýti
  • atstatýti
  • pastatýti
  • perstatýti
  • pristatýti
  • sustatýti
  • užstatýti
  • statyti in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Lithuanian language dictionary], lkz.lt
  • “statyti” in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database]
  • Fraenkel, Ernst (1962-1965), “statýti”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I-II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 897
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