Unknown. Has been linked toProto-Slavic*gasiti(“to extinguish”) but this is semantically unusual. Even other Indo-European cognate terms likeLithuaniangesýti(“to extinguish”),Sanskritजासयति(jāsáyati,“to extinguish, to exhaust”) andAncient Greekσβέννῡμι(sbénnūmi,“to extinguish”) thoroughly continue the same sense. A possible semantic explanation may be very hypothetically attempted through the conception of search being conducted, within the context of pastoral and agricultural life, more frequently for cattle that has gone astray in particular at dusk or dawn and, hence, being searched for with the aid of torches, leading to the characterization of retrieval as extinction of the torches employed. Otherwise, extinction could even more vaguely refer to the urge for search having been extinguished but those metaphors of perceived needs are, instead, very unlikely.
a găsi (third-person singular presentgăsește,past participlegăsit) 4th conjugation
| infinitive | agăsi | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | găsind | ||||||
| past participle | găsit | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | găsesc | găsești | găsește | găsim | găsiți | găsesc | |
| imperfect | găseam | găseai | găsea | găseam | găseați | găseau | |
| simple perfect | găsii | găsiși | găsi | găsirăm | găsirăți | găsiră | |
| pluperfect | găsisem | găsiseși | găsise | găsiserăm | găsiserăți | găsiseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | săgăsesc | săgăsești | săgăsească | săgăsim | săgăsiți | săgăsească | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | găsește | găsiți | |||||
| negative | nugăsi | nugăsiți | |||||