baigti

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *baigtei, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰ-né-g-ti ~ *bʰ-n̥-g-énti, the nasal-infixed present form of *bʰeg- (to break). However, the circumflex accent of the Lithuanian word is strange, as Winter's law predicts an acute accent.

Pronunciation

Verb

baĩgti (third-person present tense baĩgia, third-person past tense baĩgė)

  1. to finish
    Ar vakar baigei skaityti knygą?
    Did you finish reading the book yesterday?
  2. (slang) to cum

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References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “baigti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 76
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “bengti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 86-7