pabaigti

Pabaigti is a Lithuanian verb meaning to finish or complete. It denotes bringing something to a conclusion and emphasizes the completion of an action rather than its ongoing process. The verb is formed from the present stem of baigti (to finish) with the prefix pa-, which signals completion. As a result, pabaigti is a perfective verb, used to describe a completed action.

Pabaigti is transitive and typically takes a direct object in the accusative case. Common usages include pabaigti darbą (to finish the work), pabaigti projektą (to complete the project), and pabaigti kursą (to finish a course). In contrast to baigti, which can describe ongoing or habitual finishing, pabaigti stresses that the action has been fully completed.

Tense and conjugation follow standard patterns for Lithuanian perfective -ti verbs. The present tense of a perfective verb generally expresses a future meaning, so you will hear forms such as I will finish. Past forms exist as well, indicating that the action was completed in the past (for example, I finished). The passive participle is pabaigtas, meaning completed, and is used in compound tenses and adjectival phrases.

Pabaigti is closely related to other completion-related verbs, such as užbaigti (to finalize/complete) and baigti (to finish in a less forceful sense). The choice among them depends on nuance and context, with pabaigti conveying a sense of bringing something to a definite end.

See also: baigti, užbaigti, pabaigimas, pabaigtas.