stovėti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *stāˀwēˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *stā- < *steh₂- (“to stand”). Cognates include Latvian stāvēt, Old Church Slavonic ставити (staviti, “to put, to place”), Russian ста́вить (stávitʹ), Ukrainian ста́вити (stávyty), Bulgarian ста́вя (stávja, “to get up; to become; to suit, to be appropriate; to happen; to grow”), Czech staviti (“to put, to build; to delay”), Polish stawić (“to put, to build, to plant”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌾𐌰𐌽 (stōjan, “to judge”) (maybe < *stōwjan), 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌰 (staua, “court”), Old English stōwian (“to hold back, to restrain”), English stow.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [stoːˈʋʲeːtʲɪ]

Verb

stovė́ti (third-person present tense stóvi, third-person past tense stovė́jo)

  1. to stand
  2. to be in a standing position

Conjugation

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