mācīt

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Latvian

Etymology

A causative form of mācēt (to be able to, know). Cognate with Lithuanian mokyti, Old Prussian mukint. Karulis also cites dialectal Russian намо́кнуть (namóknutʹ, to acquire skills, learn).

Pronunciation

Verb

mācīt (transitive, 3rd conjugation, present mācu, māci, māca, past mācīju)

  1. to teach

Conjugation

References

  • mācīt” in Latviešu literārās valodas vārdnīca
  • Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “mācīt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN, pages 555-556