tekti

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Noun

tekti

  1. plural of tekto

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tektei, from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (to take, receive). Cognate with Latvian tikt (to become, attain, arrive (at), reach).[1]

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Verb

tèkti (third-person present tense teñka, third-person past tense tẽko)

  1. to be granted
    Na, o pabaigus studijas, man teko vadovo vieta.
    And what's about me - after having finished my studies, I had a fortune of receiving a head place.
    Tekis savo bifšteksą!
    Here, have your beefsteak!
  2. to be, to become due, to unexpectedly have to
    Jiems teko eiti į policiją rašyti skundą.
    They had to go to police station to leave a written complaint.
  3. to happen to, to experience by chance; to receive fortune of
    Ar jums teko ragauti šių salotų?
    Did you happen to try this kind of salad?
  4. (obsolete) to be enough of

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References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “tekti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 462