lėkti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lekt-, from Proto-Indo-European *lek- (“to jump, scuttle”). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *letě̀ti (“to fly”).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

lė̃kti (third-person present tense lẽkia, third-person past tense lė̃kė)

  1. to fly[2]
    Synonym: skri̇̀sti
  2. to run, rush[2]
    Synonyms: bė́gti, dùmti
  3. to fall down[2]
    Synonym: kri̇̀sti

Conjugation

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Derived terms

nouns

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015), “lėkti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 278
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bronius Piesarskas & Bronius Svecevičius (2009), “lėkti”, in Lietuvių-anglų kalbų žodynas [Lithuanian-English Dictionary], Vilnius: Žodynas, page 361
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