nustoti

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Lithuanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

nu- +‎ stoti

Verb[edit]

nustóti (third-person present tense nustója, third-person past tense nustójo)

  1. cease
    Synonyms: liautis, baigti, sustoti
    Nustojo lyti.It has stopped raining.
  2. (transitive with genitive) lose
    Synonyms: prarasti, netekti
    nustoti prototo lose one's mind
    Nustojau savo motinos.I lost my mother.

Usage notes[edit]

Like liautis and unlike baigti,[1] nustoti can take either the infinitive of a verb or its past active participle as complement:

Nustojau pirkti knygas (with infinitive, more common) - I have stopped buying books.
Nustojau pirkusi knygas (past active participle) - I have stopped buying books

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Axel Holvoet (2014) “Phasal and proximative complementation: Lithuanian baigti”, in Baltic Linguistics, volume 5, →DOI, pages 81–122