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 [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
• “dėbti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024