naršyti
Lithuanian
Etymology
Related to neršti (“to spawn (of fish)”). Semantic development was likely "multitude of fish swimming downstream" → "ransack" → "rummage" → "browse". There is also a sense "to be angry" of neršti, but this is from a different etymology.
Verb
naršýti (third-person present tense nar̃šo, third-person past tense nar̃šė)
Conjugation
Conjugation of naršyti
| singular (vienaskaita) |
plural (daugiskaita) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person (pirmasis asmuo) |
2nd person (antrasis asmuo) |
3rd person (trečiasis asmuo) |
1st person (pirmasis asmuo) |
2nd person (antrasis asmuo) |
3rd person (trečiasis asmuo) | |||
| aš | tu | jis/ji | mes | jūs | jie/jos | |||
| indicative (tiesioginė nuosaka) |
present (esamasis laikas) |
naršaũ | naršaĩ | nar̃šo | nar̃šome, nar̃šom |
nar̃šote, nar̃šot |
nar̃šo | |
| past (būtasis kartinis laikas) |
naršiaũ | naršeĩ | nar̃šė | nar̃šėme, nar̃šėm |
nar̃šėte, nar̃šėt |
nar̃šė | ||
| past frequentative (būtasis dažninis laikas) |
naršýdavau | naršýdavai | naršýdavo | naršýdavome, naršýdavom |
naršýdavote, naršýdavot |
naršýdavo | ||
| future (būsimasis laikas) |
naršýsiu | naršýsi | naršýs | naršýsime, naršýsim |
naršýsite, naršýsit |
naršýs | ||
| subjunctive (tariamoji nuosaka) |
naršýčiau | naršýtum, naršýtumei |
naršýtų | naršýtumėme, naršýtumėm, naršýtume |
naršýtumėte, naršýtumėt |
naršýtų | ||
| imperative (liepiamoji nuosaka) |
— | naršýk, naršýki |
tenar̃šo, tenar̃šai |
naršýkime, naršýkim |
naršýkite, naršýkit |
tenar̃šo, tenar̃šai | ||
Participles of naršyti
| Adjectival (dalyviai) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| active | passive | ||
| present | nar̃šąs, nar̃šantis | nar̃šomas | |
| past | nar̃šęs | naršýtas | |
| past frequentative | naršýdavęs | — | |
| future | naršýsiąs, naršýsiantis | naršýsimas | |
| participle of necessity | — | naršýtinas | |
| Adverbial | |||
| special (pusdalyvis) | naršýdamas | ||
| half-participle (padalyviai) |
present | nar̃šant | |
| past | nar̃šius | ||
| past frequentative | naršýdavus | ||
| future | naršýsiant | ||
| manner of action (būdinys) | naršýte, naršýtinai | ||
Derived terms
- naršyklė (“web browser”)
Further reading
- “naršyti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “ner̃šti”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pages 494—495
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