tvirtinti
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tvirtas (“firm, tough”) + -inti.
Verb
[edit]tvìrtinti (third-person present tense tvìrtina, third-person past tense tvìrtino)
- to strengthen, fasten, fix
- to strengthen (non-physically)
- to claim, affirm, insist
- to certify
- to ratify
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of tvirtinti
Participles of tvirtinti
| Adjectival (dalyviai) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| active | passive | ||
| present | tvìrtinąs, tvìrtinantis | tvìrtinamas | |
| past | tvìrtinęs | tvìrtintas | |
| past frequentative | tvìrtindavęs | — | |
| future | tvìrtinsiąs, tvìrtinsiantis | tvìrtinsimas | |
| participle of necessity | — | tvìrtintinas | |
| Adverbial | |||
| special (pusdalyvis) | tvìrtindamas | ||
| half-participle (padalyviai) |
present | tvìrtinant | |
| past | tvìrtinus | ||
| past frequentative | tvìrtindavus | ||
| future | tvìrtinsiant | ||
| manner of action (būdinys) | tvìrtinte, tvìrtintinai | ||
Further reading
[edit]- “tvirtinti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “tvirtinti”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024