reikėti

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Lithuanian

Etymology

Of unclear origin.[1] Has been linked to Latin licet (“to be allowed”), but the initial consonants do not match.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛɪ̯ˈkeːtʲɪ/

Verb

reikė́ti (third-person present tense reĩkia, third-person past tense reikė́jo)

  1. (transitive, with genitive) to need
    Mán reĩkia užmìgti
    I need to fall asleep

Conjugation

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “reikė́ti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎ (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 507
  2. ^ “reikėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
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