stengti
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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sténgtei, from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ-ye-ti, from *stengʷ- (“to push, thrust”), whence Latin stinguō (“to put out”) and English stink.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Verb
sténgti (third-person present tense sténgia, third-person past tense sténgė)
- to be able, make an effort
- to oppose
Declension
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Derived terms
- sténgtis (“to endeavor, strive”)
Related terms
- stìngti (“to harden, stiffen”)
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “sténgtis”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 601
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “stengti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 427-8