Dėl kai kurių daiktavardinių priesagos -ėti veiksmažodžių kirčiavimo normų
On Accentuation Norms of Certain Verbs with the Suffix -ėti Derived from Nouns

Summary/Abstract: The verbal suffix -ėti is a variable-stress suffix in Standard Lithuanian. A specific accentuation type (root or suffix) is determined by various phonetic, morphonological, semantic and derivational factors. The vast majority of the verbs with this suffix are stressed on the suffix. It is the accentuation pattern of nearly all verbs with the suffix -ėti derived from nouns. The stress on the root is only characteristic of several noun derivatives with the suffix -ėti. However, nearly all of them show an unstable root accentuation type – a regular suffix accentuation type is getting more and more prevalent in the language; therefore, it could be established as the secondary variant. Standard Language also features some verbs of unsettled accentuation – dictionaries record both accentuation variants: suffix and root. With reference to the systemisation requirements and tendencies of actual usage, in 2005 the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language suggested to approve the variants of suffix accentuation of 3 verbs with the suffix -ėti derived from nouns as secondary variants. The research of actual usage revealed that the accentuation variants of the verbs maurėti and varputėti should be reversed – the variant of suffix accentuation, being a regular and more common variant, should be approved as the principal variant.

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