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Lithuanian
Etymology
Of unclear origin. Has been linked to Latin licet (“to be allowed”).
Pronunciation
Verb
reikė́ti (third-person present tense reĩkia, third-person past tense reikė́jo)
- (transitive, with genitive) to need
Conjugation
This entry needs an inflection-table template.
References
- ^ Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “reikė́ti”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, page 507
- ^ “reikėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012