mokėti

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Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian mācēt (to be able to, know), from Proto-Baltic *maˀk-, with further etymology unclear. Potential affinities to Ancient Greek μῆχος (mêkhos, means, expedient) and Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- (to be able) are semantically appealing, but unconvincing on formal grounds.

The "to pay" sense is a secondary development from the "to know" sense. Compare German Vermögen (fortune, ability).

Verb

mokė́ti (third-person present tense móka, third-person past tense mokė́jo)

  1. (intransitive) to be able to; to know how
    mokėti kalbėti angliškaito know how to speak English
  2. (ambitransitive) to pay
    mokėti mokestįto pay a fee

Conjugation

Conjugation of mokėti
singular vienaskaita plural daugiskaita
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
tu jis/ji mes jūs jie/jos
indicative present móku móki móka mókame,
mókam
mókate,
mókat
móka
past mokė́jau mokė́jai mokė́jo mokė́jome,
mokė́jom
mokė́jote,
mokė́jot
mokė́jo
past frequentative mokė́davau mokė́davai mokė́davo mokė́davome,
mokė́davom
mokė́davote,
mokė́davot
mokė́davo
future mokė́siu mokė́si mokė́s mokė́sime,
mokė́sim
mokė́site,
mokė́sit
mokė́s
subjunctive mokė́čiau mokė́tum,
mokė́tumei
mokė́tų mokė́tumėme,
mokė́tumėm,
mokė́tume
mokė́tumėte,
mokė́tumėt
mokė́tų
imperative mokė́k,
mokė́ki
temóka,
temókie
mokė́kime,
mokė́kim
mokė́kite,
mokė́kit
temóka,
temókie
Participles of mokėti
adjectival (dalyviai)
active passive
present mókąs, mókantis mókamas
past mokė́jęs mokė́tas
past frequentative mokė́davęs
future mokė́siąs, mokė́siantis mokė́simas
participle of necessity mokė́tinas
adverbial
special pusdalyvis mokė́damas
half-participle present mókant
past mokė́jus
past frequentative mokė́davus
future mokė́siant
manner of action būdinys mokė́te, mokė́tinai

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “mokėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 322
  2. ^ mokė́ti I” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 765 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).
  3. ^ mokė́ti II” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 767 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).

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