bėgti

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *bḗˀgtei; cognate with Latvian bêgt, Proto-Slavic *běťi (to flee, run). From Proto-Indo-European *bʰégʷeti, from *bʰegʷ- (run, flee), with long vowel due to Winter's Law. Cognate with Ancient Greek φέβομαι (phébomai, flee, take flight). Possibly also Tocharian A pukäl, Tocharian B pikul (year).

Pronunciation

Verb

bė́gti (third-person present tense bė́ga, third-person past tense bė́go)

  1. to run
    bėgsi greitai ar lėtai?
    will you run quickly or slowly?
  2. to hurry
  3. to run away, escape
  4. to pass, elapse
  5. to flow, run

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