galėti

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Lithuanian

Etymology

galia +‎ -ėti, from Proto-Indo-European *gelH-, related to Proto-Celtic *galnati (to be able) and *galā (ability).

Pronunciation

Verb

galė́ti (third-person present tense gãli, third-person past tense galė́jo)

  1. may
  2. to be able
  3. to be allowed
    Ar galiu ko nors valgyti?
    Can I eat something?

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN