gelbėti

== Lithuanian == === Etymology === From older gélbsti +‎ -ėti, akin to Old Prussian galbimai (“to assist”). Further origin unclear. Comparisson has been drawn with Proto-Germanic *helpaną (“to help”). === Verb === (standard) gélbėti (third-person present tense gélbėja, third-person past tense gélbėjo) (dialectally) gelbė́ti (third-person present tense gelbė́ja, third-person past tense gelbė́jo) (transitive) to save, to rescue (transitive) to treat, to provide care (to someone in need) Synonym: gýdyti (intransitive) to come to someone's rescue ==== Conjugation ==== This entry needs an inflection-table template. Old Lithuanian evinces for original athematic conjugation. ==== Derived terms ==== gelbinėti (iterative) gélbėtojas (“rescuer”) === Further reading === “gelbėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026 “gelbėti”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2026 “gelbėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012